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mupfo
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flavored shine

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The old guy we got our shine from died and we need some help trying to figure this out.. He made peach and apple ext flavored shine . we have tried soaking peaches apples ext. in regular shine but it dont taste like his. Do you think he put some fruit in his mash ?? Can you put the fruit juice in the thumber ?? Help
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Re: flavored shine

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See Taters post for Fruit Recipe's in the Tried and true section of the main menu.
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did it have color? or was it clear?
if it was colored, most likely flavored after(much of the US brandy made this way). if had no color then the fruit probably was used in the wash.
(real brandy is made this way) of course if it was aged on/in wood the color whould be different.
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Dnderhead wrote:did it have color? or was it clear?
if it was colored, most likely flavored after(much of the US brandy made this way). if had no color then the fruit probably was used in the wash.
(real brandy is made this way) of course if it was aged on/in wood the color whould be different.
it had color to it light brown not as dark as store bought whiskey


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