The Goat Pen

I realize that moonshiners show is hopped up reality TV

but behind all the bullshit, there is an art to what they do.

A few year ago, I sent out for a free government supplied pamphlet on building a still. I don't remember the details but the gist of it is your allowed to make ethanol for fuel and guess what - a still is the most efficient way a regular guy can do it so the government has information on how to build one.

They were making Rum and Scotch on the last episode I caught. I'm kinda motivated to try to make a batch just to see if I can do it.

You can...

hmmmm.....

I might just have to do this

priority number one is making sure I don't go blind when I taste it.

You can do it on your stove top or, as I'm sure you have one, a propane heat source in your garage. Or you can get back to your roots and tend a wood fire in your backyard with a plug of chaw in your jowl, periodically spitting a stream of tobacco juice into the coals whilst cutting eyes at the surrounding darkness like a vigilant chow dog, scanning for thieves...

"priority number one is making sure I don't go blind when I taste it."

That's what the kids are for...

Rarely mixed. I'll chill it in the summer sometimes.

eCat wrote:hmmmm.....

I might just have to do this

priority number one is making sure I don't go blind when I taste it.

I think you just need to make sure you ferment grain and not just throw in any kind of bullshit into the grist like wood or whatever. The going blind thing is not a problem when you're making your own to drink, its an issue when you're buying from some hillbilly in the woods who threw god knows what into his recipe to make a quick buck.

AlabamAlum wrote:You missed my post?

There was a misspelled word so I immediately discredited the post and you.

Is Mount Gay considered dark rum?

I always considered it your birthplace.

lol

Checkmate

Brooklyn

throw out that teflon and get your wife a set of these - I'm not sure if they sell them as a set or individually. I got my wife the 9" and the 11" pan

It is the shiz

Bruh, I am so on it. Good looking out.

just no induction top stove and don't cook with it on highest flame (if you have a gas stove and if you don't , get one)

What's wrong with cast iron?

nothing , I love cooking with it

but its not a replacement for teflon if you want no stick

It is if you've seasoned it properly and not warshed it with harsh detergents and emulsifiers...

I've cooked ALOT with cast iron cookware - all of it well seasoned and used for at least a decade

you can't fry an egg in it and it be non stick. It just ain't happening.

melt half a stick of butter on that thing before you crack the eggs, they won't stick. But yet and still, whatever you're cooking, just put a little water in the pan after you're done cooking, it'll boil almost immediately and anything stuck to the pan should come off with minimal scrubbing...