Re: Acid and Homely Likker Was: Re: Gelling fuel with calcium acetate

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In a message dated 9/14/02 4:24:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hseaver@cybershamanix.com writes:

>>  Dan's comments 
>  
> > They may have had pride in craftsmanship, but with pot
> > stills, they are stilling with one hand tied behind
> > their backs. 
>
>     I think you'd be surprised at the degree of sophistication among moonshiners
> in the US. 
>      Harmon Seaver    
>
> > I had my first taste of genuine Kentucky corn sippin' whisky some time ago. A cousin of a close friend provided it.  This was some of the finest beverage I have consumed to this day. It is in such demand, that you only obtain the finest through close friends and realitives. 

>There is almost no taste at all, with the slightest sweet aftertaste of corn syrup. 
> The proof is slightly less than pure ethanol, and you wouldn't want any other taste in your mouth with it. There is no hangover or aftereffects, other than a pleasent nights sleep. 

> With quality this good, not much ends up into the gas tank or as cooking fuel. There is a moonshine festival in a small Ohio town east of Columbus, but I have yet to make the trip. I am a man of extreme moderation, but appriciate fine work in a bottle.
>Much fine wine, beer, and whisky is produced within a few hundred miles radius of here for a global market, both legal and illegal. Most of it is produced by masters of the trade who have perfected over generations. Anyone producing dangerous product would quickly dissapear from the market before reputation was tarnished. The batches that don't meet highest spec. are often re-distilled and sold as motor fuel additive, or dumped. The possibility of converting some of this to cooking fuel exists. 
> I once had a worker who had been in the Army. During a party after basic training, a friend of his downed a bottle of Jack Daniels straight. He walked into the restroom and never walked again. The negative effects of ethanol consumption are multiplied by the speed, quantity, and frequency with which it is consumed. 

>  
> Daniel Dimiduk