Home Distiller

I haven't done anything in quite awhile. Had a lot of "life issues" moved, work, another kid started college and just about all the normal life things that seem to invade any persons hobby time.

So I took some time this week in the garage to put together my new still, ended up making a simple offset nixon to attach to my keg. Until I find someone to weld a npt fitting to it, I am going to heat with propane. I have a 4500 watt heater and control unit just needs to be put in.

This morning I trekked out to get supplies for making up some wash. Stopped at the local brew shop and picked up a couple more fermenters, going to a 15 gal boiler from a 4. Picked up a bunch of brewers yeast. And a mini bottle of a new organic vodka, figure I'd give it a try.

Next I go to the market and buy 20 boxes of Gerber barley, 100 pounds of sugar (4 25lbs bags), a couple more aquarium pumps for aerating, 8 gallons of vinegar, couple cases of new mason jars, a new digital thermometer and they happened to have fresh red star yeast in the fridge section so I picked up 2 jars of that as well.

So I make it to the check out and the gal working the register is scanning my stuff through and she gets to the mason jars and says, "If I didn't know any better, I would think you're a moonshiner.". My response, was "huh". Stupid people never get asked a question twice, and I can play stupid very naturally. She then says that when she was back home in Missouri, these were common items for such a thing. I smiled, paid and before getting away she says, "Good luck with your canning, and don't can and drive."

canning and driving can be seriously dangerous. you could spill hot syripy liquid all over your crotch

The organic vodka I picked up is called American Harvest Organic Spirit. http://americanharvestspirit.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Gotta say it was pretty darn tasty. On their website they claim it's an all organic wheat, continuous column distillation. and they use all snake river water

Kidnapper2 wrote: So I make it to the check out and the gal working the register is scanning my stuff through and she gets to the mason jars and says, "If I didn't know any better, I would think you're a moonshiner.". My response, was "huh". Stupid people never get asked a question twice, and I can play stupid very naturally. She then says that when she was back home in Missouri, these were common items for such a thing. I smiled, paid and before getting away she says, "Good luck with your canning, and don't can and drive."

You can fool some of the people some of the time!

Good story Kidnapper2, I've run across similar situations.

I have my 74 year old mother pick up most of my "stuff".
Nobody ever questions her!!