spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Feb 4, 2015 19:54:02 GMT -5
I have a couple older mature plum trees growing in the back yard. Have had this inner urge, to give it a try for sometime now, home brew. Only catastrophe I figure would be, it comes out super tasty, or turns into a super laxative.   |
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Post by grizman on Feb 4, 2015 21:50:58 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us along. I have never been in that part of the U.S., but keep sayin' Im going to go. I'd better get er done, as I am getting too old for lots of my adventurous dreams. I also loved the story about the hog-huntin'!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 5, 2015 3:59:19 GMT -5
Why not try it ? They flavor theirs with Jolly Rancher candy, make cocktails. I suppose it has become vogue. There seems to be a lot of recipes.
The one that built the still is part owner in a heating and air biz, so he has access to stainless fab. Product is safe.
I saw stills in Peru in the real outback. very crude, and the starter mash was saliva from an elderly lady with bad teeth-so they said.
They called it 7 Root. It was laced heavily w/herbs including cocaine. Two measuring cups, and you were way more than drunk,
still felt good in the morning. They laughed at us, those indians. We danced(they made us) w/their women, they had a peculiar habit of pinching you.
I suppose I should not say where, but it was not viewed w/bad intent. Just in fun. They were not immoral people.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 5, 2015 4:13:51 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us along. I have never been in that part of the U.S., but keep sayin' Im going to go. I'd better get er done, as I am getting too old for lots of my adventurous dreams. I also loved the story about the hog-huntin'! I was fortunate to get a chance to hog hunt w/that group. Since we used my vehicle as a cover for doing some illegal hunting on National Forest land. And I a city boy had been visiting there for 10 years, and had been accepted or trusted. Some sections of those mountains have become tourist traps and weekend cabin destinations. But much of the area is desolate and people still live like they did in the old days. The National Forests have kept large portions of the area unsettled and pristine, and not practicing heavy timber cropping. I must have drive down 80 miles of single lane Nat Forest roads and never passed or saw another human. Inviting to a rock hound. A weekend will give enough time to drive thru and see plenty. Please go if you get a chance. |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 5, 2015 7:05:24 GMT -5
I have a couple older mature plum trees growing in the back yard. Have had this inner urge, to give it a try for sometime now, home brew. Only catastrophe I figure would be, it comes out super tasty, or turns into a super laxative. those look like they would be plenty productive- one of my best friends uses her plums to make brandy- very easy and very tasty... go for it! |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 5, 2015 9:21:04 GMT -5
There ya go spirit. Ya think snowmom is buzzing on the neighbor's brandy ??
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Post by broseph82 on Feb 6, 2015 19:17:03 GMT -5
Why not try it ? They flavor theirs with Jolly Rancher candy, make cocktails. I suppose it has become vogue. There seems to be a lot of recipes. The one that built the still is part owner in a heating and air biz, so he has access to stainless fab. Product is safe. I saw stills in Peru in the real outback. very crude, and the starter mash was saliva from an elderly lady with bad teeth-so they said. They called it 7 Root. It was laced heavily w/herbs including cocaine. Two measuring cups, and you were way more than drunk, still felt good in the morning. They laughed at us, those indians. We danced(they made us) w/their women, they had a peculiar habit of pinching you. I suppose I should not say where, but it was not viewed w/bad intent. Just in fun. They were not immoral people. So one could say they were quite handy in their craft? Ba-Dum-Dum.
Heres an even easier way to make 'shine. Go on EEEEEEEbay. Get some Kefir crystals (wheat crystals not the milk kind), Buy some Juicy Juice and let the Kefir crystals sit in it with the lid on (but slightly cracked to let air in) and within a few days you will have some "knock-your-socks-off" liquor. It will take a few weeks to get your crystals to grow and multiply and may even that long before they start fermenting good. But when they do you'll know it! Ive had juice-brandy in 2 days (no lie).
I also make a mean Kombucha tea and was going to market it/sell it as Jimbucha.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 6, 2015 19:23:59 GMT -5
Why not try it ? They flavor theirs with Jolly Rancher candy, make cocktails. I suppose it has become vogue. There seems to be a lot of recipes. The one that built the still is part owner in a heating and air biz, so he has access to stainless fab. Product is safe. I saw stills in Peru in the real outback. very crude, and the starter mash was saliva from an elderly lady with bad teeth-so they said. They called it 7 Root. It was laced heavily w/herbs including cocaine. Two measuring cups, and you were way more than drunk, still felt good in the morning. They laughed at us, those indians. We danced(they made us) w/their women, they had a peculiar habit of pinching you. I suppose I should not say where, but it was not viewed w/bad intent. Just in fun. They were not immoral people. So one could say they were quite handy in their craft? Ba-Dum-Dum.
Heres an even easier way to make 'shine. Go on EEEEEEEbay. Get some Kefir crystals (wheat crystals not the milk kind), Buy some Juicy Juice and let the Kefir crystals sit in it with the lid on (but slightly cracked to let air in) and within a few days you will have some "knock-your-socks-off" liquor. It will take a few weeks to get your crystals to grow and multiply and may even that long before they start fermenting good. But when they do you'll know it! Ive had juice-brandy in 2 days (no lie).
I also make a mean Kombucha tea and was going to market it/sell it as Jimbucha.
Jimbucha-that's copyright infringement-I resemble that name. |
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Feb 6, 2015 21:27:25 GMT -5
I have a couple older mature plum trees growing in the back yard. Have had this inner urge, to give it a try for sometime now, home brew. Only catastrophe I figure would be, it comes out super tasty, or turns into a super laxative. those look like they would be plenty productive- one of my best friends uses her plums to make brandy- very easy and very tasty... go for it! Can you get a copy of the recipe if possible Snowmom, sounds yummy. |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 7, 2015 6:05:24 GMT -5
Spiritstone I'll ask her how she does it!
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Post by snowmom on Feb 7, 2015 13:21:32 GMT -5
Plum brandy: in a 1 gallon crock or glass jar combine 2 cups of sugar, 16 to 20 large fully ripe plums sliced and pitted,1 quart of vodka. cover tightly/seal and leave in dark place such a closet. open the jar once a week and stir well. Do this for 2 months. Strain using the finest sieve or layers of cheesecloth to filter out "floaters". re bottle in sterile bottle and chill to preserve flavor and color. sounds easy-peasy.
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Post by fantastic5 on Feb 7, 2015 13:30:14 GMT -5
Plum brandy: in a 1 gallon crock or glass jar combine 2 cups of sugar, 16 to 20 large fully ripe plums sliced and pitted,1 quart of vodka. cover tightly/seal and leave in dark place such a closet. open the jar once a week and stir well. Do this for 2 months. Strain using the finest sieve or layers of cheesecloth to filter out "floaters". re bottle in sterile bottle and chill to preserve flavor and color. sounds easy-peasy. One of the nurse practitioners I worked with would do the same thing but with fresh cranberries for the holidays. I always looked forward to the fresh batch each year! |
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Post by fantastic5 on Feb 7, 2015 13:40:28 GMT -5
[/p] Heres an even easier way to make 'shine. Go on EEEEEEEbay. Get some Kefir crystals (wheat crystals not the milk kind), Buy some Juicy Juice and let the Kefir crystals sit in it with the lid on (but slightly cracked to let air in) and within a few days you will have some "knock-your-socks-off" liquor. It will take a few weeks to get your crystals to grow and multiply and may even that long before they start fermenting good. But when they do you'll know it! Ive had juice-brandy in 2 days (no lie).
I also make a mean Kombucha tea and was going to market it/sell it as Jimbucha.
[/quote] We've been growing kombucha for a real long time. I've just started doing a second kombucha fermentation into individual bottles, still playing with the recipe. I've had some yummy bottles and some not so nice. And I finally found a use for the old scobys. I'm making dehydrated scoby snacks. Even the kids love eating those. We'll need to compare recipes the next time we dig. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 7, 2015 20:00:50 GMT -5
We could add shiner category to RTH.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Feb 8, 2015 6:38:51 GMT -5
Plum brandy: in a 1 gallon crock or glass jar combine 2 cups of sugar, 16 to 20 large fully ripe plums sliced and pitted,1 quart of vodka. cover tightly/seal and leave in dark place such a closet. open the jar once a week and stir well. Do this for 2 months. Strain using the finest sieve or layers of cheesecloth to filter out "floaters". re bottle in sterile bottle and chill to preserve flavor and color. sounds easy-peasy. Fantatstic! Appreciated and copied. One question.. can you do this in 5 gallon plastic pails or would the plastic taste leech into the brandy? |
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Post by snowmom on Feb 8, 2015 7:20:03 GMT -5
I have no idea, my friend specified glass or crockery container, plastic does tend to absorb or leach... maybe you can find something on the internet that will tell you why the glass?
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Post by lparker on Feb 8, 2015 9:05:50 GMT -5
Plum brandy: in a 1 gallon crock or glass jar combine 2 cups of sugar, 16 to 20 large fully ripe plums sliced and pitted,1 quart of vodka. cover tightly/seal and leave in dark place such a closet. open the jar once a week and stir well. Do this for 2 months. Strain using the finest sieve or layers of cheesecloth to filter out "floaters". re bottle in sterile bottle and chill to preserve flavor and color. sounds easy-peasy. Fantatstic! Appreciated and copied. One question.. can you do this in 5 gallon plastic pails or would the plastic taste leech into the brandy? You could use food grade plastic. I do for primary fermentation for beer and wine. Lee #1 |
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 8, 2015 10:25:10 GMT -5
Or snowmom's snowmom post above converted to jive : I dun didn't spend much time dere mah'self, but ah' dink ah' sho' manly inherited dose genes! Right on! And funny how even how ya' peel some potato kin be passed waaay down drough generashuns. So's many uh our little every day ways probably mosey on down from our ancesto's. ah' have seen 3 o' 4 generashuns uh family make certain gestures o' facial 'espressions unda' certain circumstances. ah' wonda' if dose kinds uh din's is "nature" o' "nurture". doodads dat make ya' go "hmmmm" Read mo'e, dig dis: andy321.probo'ds.com/dread/69390/days-blue-ridge-mountains?page=2#ixzz3QlsQZUns omg, ROFL!! jamesp, enjoyed your conversion of bhiatt's post, too. Y'all trading shine recipes? Have y'all heard of 'buck?'  |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 8, 2015 11:36:48 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 8, 2015 11:54:16 GMT -5
Not sure what the recipe is for 'buck,' jamesp. A group of women that I worked with many moons ago were talking about it. It sounded gross - beer and alcohol (maybe wine?) cooked on the stove. ?? Used to enjoy hunch punch and some Wild Turkey back in the day. |
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