In article >,
"Bob (this one)" > wrote:

> George Shirley wrote:
> > Allan Matthews wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >
> >
> > I still have one myself Allan. They were issued to American, Canadian,
> > and European employees of Aramco before it became Saudi Aramco. full
> > instructions on building stills and the warehouse part numbers of all
> > the stuff needed to build one. Everclear is still sold in Louisiana and
> > Texas to my knowledge.
>
> Virginia, too, but you need a special license to buy it. They don't put
> it out on the shelves, so most people don't know they carry it. I use it
> to make extracts.
>
> Pastorio

Best thing in the world for extracts. :-)
Chas made some dewberry liquor that way once.
Extracted the dewberries until the liquid was deep purple, then sugared
it well before diluting it with vodka and water.

I've not gone looking for wild dewberries now since before my mom got
too sick to pick them with me and after she died, I've just not been
interested.

I still have some pint jars of the Jelly she made tho'. Wonderful stuff!
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