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Since several mentioned being retired, what age did you retire at, or if still working, what age do you intend to retire at? Me, I'm 59, don't see retirement in sight for another 10 years or so, unless the good Lord has other plans, (and here lately he might just be hinting that he does.)

Yeah, I know its old, but so am I... While waiting for a flight, a Texan found himself sitting at a bar next to a Frenchman at an international airport. The Texan became more and more irritated by the Frenchman's bragging of his sexual exploits to the young woman sitting next to him. Finally he coul...

Bushman, Yes, I have. I use 55 gallon plastic barrels in which to ferment. Reviewing the notes on the last ferment I found there was some but little difference. On the 21st at 7:30 p.m. the difference was 91 vs. 93 degrees. Air temp was 81 degrees. On the 22nd at 8:40 p.m the difference was 83 vs 85...

Use mine to keep tabs on my mash as I set it and as it ferments.

on March 29, 2011, Barney Barnwell of New Prospect, SC passed away. http://www.goupstate.com/article/20110403/articles/110409949" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow. Barney was a moonshiner and musician that successfully promoted his dual interests into ...

Early one morning a 911 operator received a call with a very worried male voice on the other end. "I'm deer hunting and my buddy just fall 30 feet out of his deer stand and I think he's dead!" The operator tried to calm the caller and told him to make sure his buddy was really dead. She wa...

I have a tape that was given to me about 10 years ago that was about 15 years old of the giver's grandfather who had actually spent time for moonshining. It was given to me for the recipe, (but was incomplete). I found the old man's tales of life in the early part of the last century from coal camps...

Kentucky cops are hard on DUIs. Therefore I always try to buy the most expensive bourbon I can find. That way I can't afford enough to get drunk.

I like this one: Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select (90.4 Proof/$35) "Everything that's old is new again" should be Woodford's motto. Louisville's own wine-and-spirits giant, Brown-Forman rescued the old Labrot & Graham distillery in Millville, and installed copper pot stills shipped ...

How cheap can you personally remember gas being in days gone past? I remember when in my part of Kentucky it was 37.9 cents, how about you?

Anyone using the link at the first of this thread should be aware that there is a more current form now available as of 01/2010. Please take note of the date at the bottom of the application page. To be honest they are almost, but not quite the same.

Has the drawing been made into a commercial print . If so, any idea where it could be purchased?

There is a bluegrass song called "Blue field" by Stonewall Jackson. It is about moonshining with a twist. The song is on u tube and the video has a couple of moonshine still pictures. The link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ac-0dmp8Bk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return ...

Jbabb,
How's Barney doing? I haven't heard from Debbie in several months.

Not our friends that live North of the US/Canadian border, but those geese named after our northern neighbor that flies south each year. I will be leaving this afternoon for a few days hunting in the northern Kentucky area to hunt Canadian Geese and ducks. It is an annual trip and much needed this y...

Beerswimmer wrote:Wing. You still have to stalk close enough to hit them hard with steel shot.

Or you can pay $2.50 a shell for Remington HeavyShot. I hunt Canada geese and to a lesser extent, duck. I have also taken Swan in North Carolina where it is legal.

rad14701 wrote: Perhaps... Don't play games... Last one was probably Asteroids video game, back int the 80's....

I started out with Pong about the mid- 70's in a bar in Kansas City, introduced to Astroid Game years later, about '81, I still have a copy on my PC that I downloaded.

I am ashamed to admit that I plum forgot about the memorial service on the 24th. (Bad me, Bad me) I was told by a Tennessee police type that it went off and that Hank Williams, Jr. stopped by. Don't know if he was talking first hand or just repeating rumors. Anyone from here go?

Lately I have been digging around in the garage and have almost dug out that '59 chevy that I meant to restore 4 or 5 years ago when I parked it in there and before it became a shelf for everything else. Seems to me that my interest waxes and wanes on a seasonal basis with the fall being the hardest...

Meangene, do you have a link or at least a title to your book?

Rad, its a fair question. But her mailing address has already been posted on this thread and it is a post office box, not a physical address. Also, I have visited with Pam at her residence and have purchased Popcorn's DVD from her. I think the income would be appreciated by her. If someone writes he...

In a way, anyone with a thumper is doing a steam heat. After all, it is the vapor from the still that is heating the mash/low wines in the thumper. A simple experimentation would be to add a second thumper and use your still as the boiler with water in it and your raw mash in the first thumper.

The full blown or x rated version of Popcorn's tape is just his cussing more and spending more time driving in his A model Ford and hunting for the place he later finds to make his 'shine. If you are expecting more, you will be disappointed unless you just want it for the sake of having it. You may ...

Dang good post Usge.

Nine days to August 29th.

Thanks Little Lukie, see you in September.

If watering down your drink doesn't do it for you, start anew. Break down your still and clean everything with baking soda and a good brush. Make your new mash a sweet mash run, no backsets on this run. Record everything, ingredients, temperatures, times, your thoughts. That way you can analysis eve...

Nothgamtns, there is a topic entitled, "Sour Corn" that was about May of this year. You may want to find that thread for information on some problems and different ways that people malt their corn. Following is the way that I do it and which I had posted on that thread. I'm not saying this...

Tater, Copperhead, since one of you used sugar in your wash and one did not and how you guys know each other and shared the peaches, and no doubt, a sip or two of each others product, how about giving us a comparison of the technique and of the taste of the peach brandy you guys made with and withou...

How much does it cost you? I realize that in different places and at different times the price will vary, but it may help to know who is getting the better deal. I just bought my winter supply of food quality white whole corn from the Coop in Sevierville, Tn. I paid $12.40 for each 50 lb bag. They w...