On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:22:20 -0600, George Shirley
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At one time I had a copy of a booklet called "The Blue Flame" which
was an instruction manual for making alcohol. It was written by
Aramco employees in Saudi Arabia. Might still have it. BTW Everclear
is still sold in Penna last I knew.
Allan
>When we lived in Saudi Arabia a lot of folks had stills with 5 or 6 foot
>reflux columns and in two or three runs they would make 200 proof, aka
>100% alcohol. Cut four times with distilled water a gallon of the stuff
>wold be 4 gallons of drinking whiskey. The pure quill stuff had no
>esters in it so generally no headaches. Take an unfinished oak axe
>handle, chip it up and turn it to charcoal in the oven, put some in each
>bottle and it turned the amber of sipping whiskey. Any outfit with that
>many chemical and petroleum engineers is going to turn out some good stuff.
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>Funny part is that the Saudi merchants sold lots of flavorings that
>folks used to add to their alky to make liquers. Some fine beer and wine
>makers lived there in the international community where we were too. Of
>course if you were caught you lost your job, sometimes your freedom for
>a while, and were deported pretty quick. Still, quite an accomplishment
>and a lot of work just for a drink.
>
>George