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jim c > wrote:

> On Jul 3, 6:23*am, Billy > wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> >
> >
> >
> > *Billy > wrote:
> > > In article
> > > >,
> > > *weevr > wrote:

> >
> > > > anyone have a recipe or 'formula' for making brandy.
> > > > have 35 gallons of apple wine in the basement & understand that brandy
> > > > is actually distilled wine. if so let me know, thanks.

> >
> > > This would give you something akin to Calvados (apple brandy). You will
> > > need a still (either a pot still or a continuous still). With a pot
> > > still, you do 2 distillations, throwing away the first and last parts of
> > > the distillate (heads and tails).
> > > <http://homedistiller.org/theory.htm>
> > > With a continuous still, you should be able to distill just once.
> > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_distillation>

> >
> > When the government acts illegally, why should we sweat it? Distill as
> > much as you can, and sell it to your friends at a discount. Screw the
> > Kleptocrats.
> > --
> > - Billy
> > "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
> > merger of state and corporate power." - Benito
> > Mussolini.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3l...w.democracynow.
> > org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene

>
> I am all for 'do what thou wilt...' The law is only to keep people
> from making bad alcohol and killing themselves, but more importantly
> to keep duty taxes flowing to the government. Many feel that it is
> more important to live morally than legally - as long as you don't get
> caught... I say if you've bought the ingredients and done the work
> you deserve it. Though I'd say give some to friends rather than sell
> it


You gotta reward beauty, or it disappears.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/2...al_crime_scene