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Vanity: Grain Alcohol in Minnesota
Vanity | 5/13/2017 | Oshkalaboomboom

Posted on 05/13/2017 3:20:24 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom

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My neighbors are in MN because their daughter is seriously ill so I don't want to ask them unless I know they can find it.
1 posted on 05/13/2017 3:20:24 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

If they are anywhere close, 190 proof Everclear is sold in North Dakota.


2 posted on 05/13/2017 3:51:48 AM PDT by TarponTom (Wish I was poor so I could eat as well as the EBT'ers)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Have you tried a pharmacy? That’s where you can buy pure alcohol in Germany at least.


3 posted on 05/13/2017 4:18:11 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I bought a water distiller on Ebay for 120$ to take the fluoride out,
thinking; distiller? distill? still? still! I got me one of them there stills! made a batch of wine I don’t like, so my first experiment was to distill 5 bottles of cabernet wine. I believe it is called “Grapa”.
Alcohol turns to steam before because it has a lower boiling point. Simple alchemy. You can learn how to make a mash out of livestock feed and have an endless supply of 190 proof if you are so inclined.


4 posted on 05/13/2017 4:21:57 AM PDT by usual suspect
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Look for Everclear or Bacardi 151.


5 posted on 05/13/2017 4:26:11 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I know they sell it in the few Military Exchanges here in MN... The local liquor stores may as well... Can’t speak to that as I no longer indulge!


6 posted on 05/13/2017 4:59:31 AM PDT by JDoutrider
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So build a still. We were making 180 proof in High School clear back in the 60’s.


7 posted on 05/13/2017 5:10:09 AM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: usual suspect

Be very careful!

Search the internet - the ‘tips and tails’ of distilled alcohol are ethyl alcohol and WILL cause permanent blindness.


8 posted on 05/13/2017 5:15:39 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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Military class 6 stores sell 190. I use it to clean electronics. I used to use Trichloroethylene, but there are mitigation precautions in ventilation, which if not adhered to can be causative to lung conditions that are a result from exposure. I could not justify the use of Trichloroethylene outside of an industrial set up (i.e. lab).


9 posted on 05/13/2017 5:20:10 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

We used to get it in WI., back when I wanted it.


10 posted on 05/13/2017 5:33:53 AM PDT by Fireone (No more Kennedys, Bushes, Clintons, or Obamas....ever!)
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To: BBB333

Thank you my friend. Safety is of utmost concern. I don’t even like drinking that s*** anyways ;-)strictly for research.


11 posted on 05/13/2017 5:41:49 AM PDT by usual suspect
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To: BBB333

Your thinking of methyl alcohol (wood alcohol). Ethyl alcohol is the drinkable stuff.


12 posted on 05/13/2017 5:44:53 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Try this:

https://www.mspairport.com/eat-shop-relax-info.aspx?id=122


13 posted on 05/13/2017 5:49:09 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: usual suspect
The distillation process is not quite so simple. Brewing generates toxic methanol and ill-tasting, oily fusel alcohols that have to be kept out of the distillation product that is to be consumed. The problem is that not only are ethanol and water close in their boiling points, but methanol and fusel alcohols also have boiling points close to that of ethanol.

Distilling reasonably pure alcohol requires some knowledge and skill, careful temperature control, artful timing, and the right kind of equipment. A repurposed home water distillation unit is just not going to be up to the task.

14 posted on 05/13/2017 5:53:22 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

I can get Everclear in Virginia but it’s not as good as the mountain made. I would have to check on shipping to Spain.


15 posted on 05/13/2017 5:58:17 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: MCF

Thanks, too early here.

The cat wanted to be fed at 5:00...the first coffee is just being sipped now!


16 posted on 05/13/2017 6:01:48 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Have your relatives stop the “Duty Free” shop on their way home.


17 posted on 05/13/2017 6:11:04 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Got any friends who work at an ethanol plant and a gallon jug?


18 posted on 05/13/2017 7:30:59 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: MCF; BBB333

“Your thinking of methyl alcohol (wood alcohol). Ethyl alcohol is the drinkable stuff.”

Almost all beers and wines have a small percentage of methyl alcohol, as do fermented grains. The problem arises when those products are distilled in quantities as low as 5 gallon batches. Methyl alcohol has a slightly lower boiling point, so the first fluids out of the still (the “tips”) have a very high concentration of methyl alcohol, enough to cause blindness, or worse. Experienced distillers are familiar with this and always discard a certain percentage of the “tips”.


19 posted on 05/13/2017 7:56:57 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

As an aside, I think it is unlikely there is much difference in alcohol infusions with 75% instead of 95% ethanol. That is, I would only bother with it if it was scientifically required. Flavor-wise, I doubt anyone would know or care.

This is why typically, infusion recipes just use vodka. Because it is cheaper and more available.


20 posted on 05/13/2017 8:06:42 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Leftists aren't fascists. They are "democratic fascists", a completely different thing.)
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