Keeping the Home 'still alive

[scotrace]

Interesting article on those who are still making moonshine.

"Making moonshine has gone from a backwoods black art to a high-end hobby practiced by "whiskey geeks" with a taste for top-shelf hooch.
Unlike their bootlegging predecessors, who cooked up big batches of white lightning and distributed the illegal booze out of the backs of cars, today's moonshiners focus on quality rather than quantity."

It's as risky now as it ever was - illegal just about everywhere on the planet. But interesting that there are those who are preserving the craft, trying to make something exceptional. Note that the article says such production is rarely, if ever, sold.

 

[Darhling]

Back when I was a wild child (well 18/19 years old), my then boyfriend's father would make moonshine (but not stronger than regular spirits) for us when we went to Roskilde Festival, but everything was distilled three or four times and he was quite good at it too - We had gallons of rum and vodka with us

EDIT : I re-read my post and thought that it sounded quite alcoholic, all the moonshine where for us and 6 other friends and I am sure we had much of it with us home..

 

[Caroline]

I remember our chemistry teacher in high school taught us how to make something called "balloon wine" but I never got around to it. If I knew anyone with experience making their own wine or misc. hooch I might try it, but for now I'm only crazy enough to make my own yogurt.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

I remember our chemistry teacher in high school taught us how to make something called "balloon wine" but I never got around to it. If I knew anyone with experience making their own wine or misc. hooch I might try it, but for now I'm only crazy enough to make my own yogurt.

I've been thinking about this recently - more with making my own wine / home brew. Just got a book on the subject and see where I go from there.

So far I've only flavoured my own spirits e.g. strawberry vodka, cinnamon vodka, cucumber vodka, sloe gin and lemoncello. Oh and Gin & Tonic sorbet.