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winter wrote:Has the idea of a brewer's guild progressed at all? One of my roommates and I have been brewing using kits for about a year, and are about to switch to AG. I hope to have a batch to bring to Chaos this year, and would love to have a group to hang out with and discuss and compare notes. Anyone?
Spike wrote:This is the funniest thing I've ever read on these boards and the rest of you are bad at things generally, too.
Tiberius Claudius wrote:I don't get cosplay. It's like a weekend-long Halloween in a hotel where everyone gets the herp, but there's no candy.
Rowan wrote:I feel like I should point out that one of the board rules refers to the avoiding discussion of illegal activities. While brewing and vinting are perfectly legal distillation of alcohol is NOT.
Distillation is heavily regulated by the BATF and should probably not be boasted or posted about unless you want tax men knocking at your door with axe in hand asking to see your still.
Bronek wrote:Rowan wrote:I feel like I should point out that one of the board rules refers to the avoiding discussion of illegal activities. While brewing and vinting are perfectly legal distillation of alcohol is NOT.
Distillation is heavily regulated by the BATF and should probably not be boasted or posted about unless you want tax men knocking at your door with axe in hand asking to see your still.
thank you rowan, and you are 100% correct. BUT it also depends on what state you're in. some states do allow distillation. i believe my state is on of them.... i think so... i hope so.... hmmmm.....
irenicus wrote:Bronek wrote:Rowan wrote:I feel like I should point out that one of the board rules refers to the avoiding discussion of illegal activities. While brewing and vinting are perfectly legal distillation of alcohol is NOT.
Distillation is heavily regulated by the BATF and should probably not be boasted or posted about unless you want tax men knocking at your door with axe in hand asking to see your still.
thank you rowan, and you are 100% correct. BUT it also depends on what state you're in. some states do allow distillation. i believe my state is on of them.... i think so... i hope so.... hmmmm.....
Distillation is prohibited in Illinois under statute Chapter 235, Act 5, Article II, 2-1:
"No person shall manufacture, bottle, blend, sell, barter, transport, transfer into this State from a point outside this State, deliver, furnish or possess any alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes...provided, however, nothing herein contained shall prevent...by simple fermentation and without distillation"
I would, however, like to point out that a reflux still is not necessary for distillation. A very simple form of distillation can be performed via freeze distillation. So if I wanted to distill my mead, all I would have to do is stick it in the freezer and pour off the alcohol, since water freezes up.
Bronek wrote:doh! editing it all out. thanks guys.
Federal law prohibits the manufacture or production of distilled spirits in the United States at other than a registered DSP for which a permit has been issued by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). While Federal law allows for the limited home production of wine and beer, no such provision exists for distilled spirits.
Spike wrote:This is the funniest thing I've ever read on these boards and the rest of you are bad at things generally, too.
Tiberius Claudius wrote:I don't get cosplay. It's like a weekend-long Halloween in a hotel where everyone gets the herp, but there's no candy.
Rowan wrote:Irenicus, you are correct. The laymens term for freezing to concentrate alcohol is known as jacking.
The thing about it is that you are not just concentrating alcohol, but everything else that is in your mixture including sugars and residual yeast. I can tell you from personal experience that this can make for some funny tasting end products.
Furthermore, it doesn't matter what your state says about distillation it is regulated by the Federal Government.
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