Home Distiller

Goinbroke2, my bottles come from Mexico, so no two of them are the same size, so I fill each bottle to a level. There is an overflow on the fill nozzle so each bottle is filled to the same height. The Feds don’t like this, and if I filled 12,000 per hour they would make me stop, but I only fill 12,0...

Well guys the old fart in the show is me, the guy doing all the talking is my partner, he is a partner only in name. I wasn’t going to post the address of the TV show, because it turned out to be a big farce. We shot video for ten hours, and this is what they decided to put on the show, my partner h...

Stephen_Stills -- My product is distributed by Republic Natinal Falcon Division. They are nation wide, but currently we only sell in Nebraska.

The Bohunk

Lunabrille, that's not me in the picture, but that is me talking, - you know the one with the Bill Clinton Voice. Husker, I don't think any amount of TV could make me look good. My mom used to say "you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear." My friends have started calling me TICKLE, I'm not sur...

Well, I’ve finally made it to TV. The state public television station here in Nebraska has done a story on me and my operation. It won’t be a moonshiner show like the one currently being shown, just me making vodka. Any one living in or near Nebraska – tune in to NET on Sunday night the 13th. I have...

Just got off the phone with a friend who lives in Northern Minnesota. She said since early this morning the snow has been nearly waist high and is still falling. The temperature is dropping way below zero and the north wind is increasing to near gale force. Her husband has done nothing but look thro...

JimBo, I would love to have you fix me up with a keg, think I'm too old to call you daddy???

The Bohunk

Guys, its a hoax, I've tried it for a month solid--every day, some times twice a day, and she still got sick --- I lost 15 pounds. Don't try it guys, it doesn't work.

The Old Bohunk

I'm doing my share -- I have an eight gallon keg full, I think I filled it about four years ago. Every morning I sbake and roll the barrel, so by the time I die it should be about ready for any and all to enjoy. Told my wife to have a party for me, and see to it everyone gets their fill. I have abou...

Husker, I noticed every time we talk your looking at my gold tooth. Damm, I'm going to be afraid to go to sleep around you. Really, it is a great feeling to own ones own home, but in my case the property taxes are $4,000.00 per year, so that means it costs me over $350.00 per month to live in my own...

Wolf Man, thanks for the kind words, you were the big guy who stepped up in this auction, and helped the site out with your donation. A word to all those who want to start a distillery--. I’ve been at this going on three years, and still to make a cent, I have how ever, paid off all my equipment, bu...

MuleMan, I had to laugh at your post. " Never grew it. Grew a cousin of it once" Now I know about you!!! I think all of us here in the midwest grew COUSINS a time or two.

The Old Bohunk

Paririe P, I have sunbeam, cascade, centenial, mount hood, and nugget. I live in Nebraska, not to far from you, so maybe next year we could trade some rhysumes, I would be interested in expanding my varity. Last year I got several five gallon buckets of cones, real big nice ones, but even if I didn'...

Happy B-day Husker I'll be down your way soon and fill up yer glass... Now it's a nice day today so go down to the lake, lite a fire, and have a long cool one, think of all the booze your going to make when you get around to it.

The Old Bohunk

Happy B-day Mulie,

I had to laugh at he last post, cause your boss is really a TURD. For those who don't know the mule man works for himself. Have drink, and it's been good knowing you.

The Old Bohunk

Husker, Once again you have hit a home run!! One can see at a glance you pur a lot of work into this project. One question -- the still on the opening screen looks awfully familar to me ?? Have I ever touched that baby ?? Great job, man.

The Old Bohunk

A BIG thank you to HUSKER. Does anyone know how much he works for us?? We login and enjoy the site, but behind the scenes husker is working many hours a day to keep things running smoothly. Let’s not forget the great job he does holding the ends together, and hope he never tires of doing it. I have ...

Husker, I am so sorry to hear this news. The good thing to remember is Barb has been keeping on top of this thing, and it didn't get too far out of control. Had it gone on for several years, she would be in for big trouble. Tell Mrs H. that there is an old Bohunk, and his wife out there thinking abo...

WalkingWolf, Thanks for the kind words, they really make this old man feel good, but most of all thanks to you for being the highest bidder, the money raised is for the maintenance of the site, and for the good of us all. I spent lots of years lurking on this site, and still don’t participate like I...

LWTC, to answer your question about tasting, I don’t do tasting in my facility, but rather setup dates with the manager of a store, and do the tasting in his store. They furnish me with a small table, and I furnish every thing else. They usually don’t want me to pour more than a half an ounce becaus...

Bushman, I got my learnin in the shed, and reading home distiller. It took me a while to get good at it but the end results are worth it. I have no online sales rubber duck, I did send a bottle to mule kicker once. Took it down to UPS, had it pack real good so that you couldn’t hear the liquid, when...

I’ll share some things that I have learned over the past three or four years. First I vowed never to borrow money, I put up the start up cash out of my pocket, this may limit my growth, but not owing anyone, I can never get shut down because of debt. Second, I wanted to hold down the retail price of...

Oh - golly jee ( my face is turning red) We have all come a long way in the last eight ten years, I’ll bet every one of us is making better booze today than way back then. I got so many tips from this site, would never be able to count how much help you all have been over the years, bless you all fo...

Some time back I bought a couple infusion spirals, they were each about eight inches long, one was dark toast, the other medium toast. I put them in a gallon jug about two thirds full of UJSM, that tested 130 proof. I always cover the top of the jugs with paper towel and a rubber band to keep the cr...

As soon as I grew old enough to leave this frozen world of mid-America, I moved to southern Cal. Live there all my adult life. Then once while home on vacation, my wife and I noticed how cheap houses were here. We decided we could build a new home here, shoot when it got too cold outside we wouldn’t...

Hey MK, I thought we had a deal, you would keep the snow up there and leave us poor Huskers alone. I got to go ourside now and blow your snow out of my drive way. Minus about a thousand degrees out there too. Good day to sit inside and sip, and sip, and sip.

The Bohunk

Scotty,
When making whiskey mash, we cook corn to get the starch out of the kernel, then add malted barely to convert the starch to sugar. We then ferment the sugar to make our hutch. My question is would this same process work making beer?? Thanks for you response.

The Bohunk

I’ve been wondering if anyone has tried mashing with unmalted barley as a base grain, and adding malted barley during the mash for conversion??? With the price of malt being a little over $1.00 USD, and the price of unmalted barley around .15 cents, this would lower the price considerably. In theory...

Ya know a way around this "no tell policy" is to spend your life savings getting a license, then keep thowing good money after bad to keep the doors open. Then you can holler and shout, and not get into trouble, but that is only the way I did it, not the smart way. I have talked to the feds on more ...

GoinBroke2, That sounds like a neat idea, putting a still on a trailer, but I think you had better check with the TTB before you make any big plans. In my case, if i move a still from one building to another I have to re-register the still. You can't just move things around even in your own facility...