Just bought a gallon of West Virginia shine.

[JoseMedinaDeJesus 207]

I planned on keeping a quart of it as is.  Should I be putting this stuff in Mason jars with fruit, spices?  If so, what do you recommend?

 

If not, sorry for being a pussy.

[futureman 22468]

@Whitman

[spystud13 2371]

2 hours ago, JoseMedinaDeJesus said:

If so, what do you recommend?

Drink it? What’s the proof, 100-110? 

Drink it. 

[RoundRobin 828]

See you guys in the emergency room.

[Errestaurants 2570]

I just drink it but mine is usually apple pie. I make peach cordial. Love that shit. Will fuck u up though.

[RPM 26322]

Apple pie is a great option. Moonshine cherries (a quart of maraschino cherries, drain 3/4 the liquid and refill) are stealth panty droppers. OR you could buy a small oak cask off ebay and age it (patience Grasshopper), but it's hard to find charred ones.

I may or may not have a friend that owns a still and cooks off a few gallons now and then which would be highly illegal and very cool.

Edited July 13, 2019 by RPM

[Parliament 14260]

Making just enough for personal consumption. That's not legal?

[Surly Bevo 24937]

Having sampled many varietals on my two trips to the Blue Lot in Morgantown.  I would recommend apple along with the others.  Peach and cherry are also pretty damn good and had a pretty decent blueberry.  That said the one that knocked my songs off was some dude who had whipped up some chocolate cream pie tasting stuff (don't worry it still stung) . I have no fucking idea how we did that.

[Paco 1934]

Making just enough for personal consumption. That's not legal?

100% illegal. There's kind of an unwritten rule on boiler size, basically if your still boiler is under 25 gallons and you don't sell your stuff then nobody will fuck with you. If for some reason you do get busted, at worst they'll make you destroy your still but that's about it.

If I remember correctly it's legal in many states to own a still, but you just can't make spirits without a distiller's license.

Or so I've heard.

[JoseMedinaDeJesus 207]

5 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

Having sampled many varietals on my two trips to the Blue Lot in Morgantown.  I would recommend apple along with the others.  Peach and cherry are also pretty damn good and had a pretty decent blueberry.  That said the one that knocked my songs off was some dude who had whipped up some chocolate cream pie tasting stuff (don't worry it still stung) . I have no fucking idea how we did that.

Apple, cherry, and peach were what I was thinking already. I suppose that'll be the way I do it.  And yeah, I can feel it on my lips.

[After irth 1243]

You'll put your eyes out...!

[JoseMedinaDeJesus 207]

1 hour ago, After irth said:

You'll put your eyes out...!

I'll keep the bb gun in the cabinet.

[That Guy 955]

Had a mason jar of that two years ago.drank it straight when the wife was happy. Drank it straight when the wife was mean. Tasted better the latter. 

[JoseMedinaDeJesus 207]

I have discovered that if I wake and bake, my wife is happy all of the time. Or maybe I am just too stoned to give a fuck that she is always a bitch. Regardless, 1/4 of a table spoon of butter floating on the top of your Saturday coffee is a fantastic way to make your wife more tolerable.

[Al_4_ISU 12464]

Peach, cherry, and blueberry were my favorites at the 2013 Riot Bowl.

[PilotsError 2287]

The things we allow politicians to say we can or cannot do is mind blowing.  

[AUS-97HORN 11765]

18 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

The things we allow politicians to say we can or cannot do is mind blowing.  

come on man, you know the reason why its illegal, it has nothing to do with drugs or anything, its a straight revenue issue.

The gov't wants their piece of the taxes that should be paid on the moonshine. 

The Shiners dont want to pay taxes, hence illegal- not because distilling spirits is illegal, but selling without a license is.

[Bateshorn 9927]

38 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

come on man, you know the reason why its illegal, it has nothing to do with drugs or anything, its a straight revenue issue.

The gov't wants their piece of the taxes that should be paid on the moonshine. 

The Shiners dont want to pay taxes, hence illegal- not because distilling spirits is illegal, but selling without a license is.

This.  It's literally one of the things we've been debating in this country since the founding. George Washington led an army into PA to fuck up some distilleries who were resisting taxation and talking rebellion.  They wisely stood down and went home.

[JoseMedinaDeJesus 207]

It just arrived in town and I poured it off into pints. The old man says it's 100 proof. I just had my first glass.  I believe him.  It is also much, much better tasting than I had anticipated.  I probably won't be candying this up.

Edited July 16, 2019 by JoseMedinaDeJesus
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[spystud13 2371]

Hey, believe I read that somewhere. 

On 7/13/2019 at 2:53 AM, spystud13 said:

Drink it? What’s the proof, 100-110? 

Drink it. 

 

[JoseMedinaDeJesus 207]

2 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

Hey, believe I read that somewhere. 

 

You are why I ask d and reported back with the proof.  I really am surprised at how good it is.

I expected a flavor somewhere between kerosene and rubbing alcohol. I was quite wrong.

[Chewbacca 7780]

So how much do you pay for a gallon of this?

[JoseMedinaDeJesus 207]

16 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

So how much do you pay for a gallon of this?

60

[PantsTent 2002]

Apple pie?

[Lat22 4014]

9 hours ago, JoseMedinaDeJesus said:

It just arrived in town and I poured it off into pints. The old man says it's 100 proof. I just had my first glass.  I believe him.  It is also much, much better tasting than I had anticipated.  I probably won't be candying this up.

Shake it and look at the bubbles.