Fermented alcohol can be made out of any plant material, and fermenting in prison is a common practice and problem to prison administrators/guards. Leaves off trees and bushes can even be broken down into alcohol simply by putting into a container of water and letting it ferment-rot. Won't taste worth a dayam, but if you're stuck in prison----
Yeast occurs naturally in the air, and you don't need cookies or sugar to get it. But having it will speed up the process of fermentation a few days. Put 50 pounds of corn in a 55 gallon drum, fill it up with water and see what happens in a few days even with no yeast added.
If you want a homemade brew that really taste good, do this: This fall get a big jack-o-lantern yellow pumpkin, carefully cut the top out in about a 4-5 inch hole, scoop out all the seeds and loose pulp, fill totally with sugar (no yeast needed), seal the top back in with melted wax, put the pumpkin in a closet or someplace dark in the house like under a bed, wait 30 days, pop the top open and Oh My God! The flavor is great, and the alcohol content will be around 12%-14%.
My late father in law was project manager for north Florida prison system. Had some great stories. They called it "BUCK" if I remember right. One of his guys came and got him one day, could not figure out what all these PVC vent pipes were, out behind one of the wings. Turns out one of the female inmate helpers had been filling scrap pipe with fruit from lunch and stuck it in the ground in plain view. Then would go back and get it after it got good. Another involved stopping a rather large inmate that was walking funny, an industrial size can of peaches ended up falling out from between her legs.
"I hate graveyards and old pawn shops
For they always bring me tears
I can't forgive the way they rob me
Of my childhood souvenirs"... John Prine
Fermented alcohol can be made out of any plant material, and fermenting in prison is a common practice and problem to prison administrators/guards. Leaves off trees and bushes can even be broken down into alcohol simply by putting into a container of water and letting it ferment-rot. Won't taste worth a dayam, but if you're stuck in prison----
Yeast occurs naturally in the air, and you don't need cookies or sugar to get it. But having it will speed up the process of fermentation a few days. Put 50 pounds of corn in a 55 gallon drum, fill it up with water and see what happens in a few days even with no yeast added.
If you want a homemade brew that really taste good, do this: This fall get a big jack-o-lantern yellow pumpkin, carefully cut the top out in about a 4-5 inch hole, scoop out all the seeds and loose pulp, fill totally with sugar (no yeast needed), seal the top back in with melted wax, put the pumpkin in a closet or someplace dark in the house like under a bed, wait 30 days, pop the top open and Oh My God! The flavor is great, and the alcohol content will be around 12%-14%.
Fermented alcohol can be made out of any plant material, and fermenting in prison is a common practice and problem to prison administrators/guards. Leaves off trees and bushes can even be broken down into alcohol simply by putting into a container of water and letting it ferment-rot. Won't taste worth a dayam, but if you're stuck in prison----
Yeast occurs naturally in the air, and you don't need cookies or sugar to get it. But having it will speed up the process of fermentation a few days. Put 50 pounds of corn in a 55 gallon drum, fill it up with water and see what happens in a few days even with no yeast added.
If you want a homemade brew that really taste good, do this: This fall get a big jack-o-lantern yellow pumpkin, carefully cut the top out in about a 4-5 inch hole, scoop out all the seeds and loose pulp, fill totally with sugar (no yeast needed), seal the top back in with melted wax, put the pumpkin in a closet or someplace dark in the house like under a bed, wait 30 days, pop the top open and Oh My God! The flavor is great, and the alcohol content will be around 12%-14%.
Woodsrunner forgot the vent. If you make the pumpkin without the vent the top will blow off at least enough to unseal the wax. CO2 is also given off in the making of the alcohol. This is simple wine/beer and has been made for thousands of years.
Strap me in, tie me down and roll me a bone, I'm getting on an airplane and I'm flying home...
This fall get a big jack-o-lantern yellow pumpkin, carefully cut the top out in about a 4-5 inch hole, scoop out all the seeds and loose pulp, fill totally with sugar
Full to the top? No water or anything else? Asking for a friend. What does the wife say when she finds this under the bed?
Woodsrunner forgot the vent. If you make the pumpkin without the vent the top will blow off at least enough to unseal the wax. CO2 is also given off in the making of the alcohol. This is simple wine/beer and has been made for thousands of years.
How would you vent it? What, release the top every few hours or something?
Don't always want Smooth in a whisky. Just like pouring Hot Sauce on your eggs. Sometimes something that bites back let's you know your a Man. I'm not looking for Tea and Crumpets , I'm looking for Mowie Wowie..
Woodsrunner forgot the vent. If you make the pumpkin without the vent the top will blow off at least enough to unseal the wax. CO2 is also given off in the making of the alcohol. This is simple wine/beer and has been made for thousands of years.
How would you vent it? What, release the top every few hours or something?
Air lock water valve. Basically a tube with a couple of loops in it that allow gasses to pass through the water and nothing to go back through the water. Like a check valve, only simpler. In prison or in many home brewing applications a balloon is used. Poke a very small hole in the balloon, place it over a short piece of pipe or tubing going down into the fermenter and that works. As the gases expand they inflate the balloon until enough pressure is built up that it allows the gas to escape and because there is pressure foreign yeasts can't get back inside and ruin the brew. When the balloon falls over and is not getting any more gas you know fermenting is finished and it's time to drink.
Strap me in, tie me down and roll me a bone, I'm getting on an airplane and I'm flying home...
Don't always want Smooth in a whisky. Just like pouring Hot Sauce on your eggs. Sometimes something that bites back let's you know your a Man. I'm not looking for Tea and Crumpets , I'm looking for Mowie Wowie..
This isn't whiskey, this is beer and wine. Whiskey is distilled, meaning the beer or wine is brought up to a temperature of just under 200 for a 10% wine or beer. At that temperature the alcohol evaporates (like steam) and rises to be captured and cooled back to a liquid state with most of the water left behind.
Strap me in, tie me down and roll me a bone, I'm getting on an airplane and I'm flying home...
SEE..It is Whiskey after all.. What's the Proof of this Pumpkin Brew ? I'm not gonna embarrass myself at Deer Camp with freakin Kool Aid with a Twist. It Has to Bite your tounge or it'll never be called a Mans Drink....winning..
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Fermented alcohol can be made out of any plant material, and fermenting in prison is a common practice and problem to prison administrators/guards. Leaves off trees and bushes can even be broken down into alcohol simply by putting into a container of water and letting it ferment-rot. Won't taste worth a dayam, but if you're stuck in prison----
Yeast occurs naturally in the air, and you don't need cookies or sugar to get it. But having it will speed up the process of fermentation a few days. Put 50 pounds of corn in a 55 gallon drum, fill it up with water and see what happens in a few days even with no yeast added.
If you want a homemade brew that really taste good, do this: This fall get a big jack-o-lantern yellow pumpkin, carefully cut the top out in about a 4-5 inch hole, scoop out all the seeds and loose pulp, fill totally with sugar (no yeast needed), seal the top back in with melted wax, put the pumpkin in a closet or someplace dark in the house like under a bed, wait 30 days, pop the top open and Oh My God! The flavor is great, and the alcohol content will be around 12%-14%.
Had some great stories.
They called it "BUCK" if I remember right.
One of his guys came and got him one day, could not figure out what all these PVC vent pipes were, out behind one of the wings. Turns out one of the female inmate helpers had been filling scrap pipe with fruit from lunch and stuck it in the ground in plain view. Then would go back and get it after it got good.
Another involved stopping a rather large inmate that was walking funny, an industrial size can of peaches ended up falling out from between her legs.
For they always bring me tears
I can't forgive the way they rob me
Of my childhood souvenirs"... John Prine
Full to the top? No water or anything else?
Asking for a friend.
What does the wife say when she finds this under the bed?
How would you vent it? What, release the top every few hours or something?
My posts are my opinion only.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. Will Rogers
Just like pouring Hot Sauce on your eggs. Sometimes something that bites back let's you know your a Man.
I'm not looking for Tea and Crumpets , I'm looking for Mowie Wowie..
I'm in charge.
No I'm in charge.
Tell us what to do.
What's the Proof of this Pumpkin Brew ?
I'm not gonna embarrass myself at Deer Camp with freakin Kool Aid with a Twist.
It Has to Bite your tounge or it'll never be called a Mans Drink....winning..