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azurelunatic) wrote2014-04-23 11:36 am
azurelunatic) wrote2014-04-23 11:36 am
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copperbadge: eruvadhril replied to your post:Answers About Kindereggs Hey, Sam, tell us about how...
copperbadge:
eruvadhril replied to your post:Answers About Kindereggs
Hey, Sam, tell us about how you used to make bootleg hooch under your sink in college!
WELL I’LL TELL YOU, all you really need to make alcohol is yeast, sugar, and fruit juice. When I was doing some research in some old newspapers, I came across a recipe for “dorm wine” — you mix yeast and sugar in the bottom of a large jug, then add fruit juice concentrate and fill the jug with water (I used a 2-liter soda bottle). You tape a balloon over the mouth of the jug to prevent bugs and dust getting in but to allow for gas expansion as everything ferments, and after about two weeks, when the balloons have deflated, you have decent but nigh-undrinkable alcohol.
The key to making it drinkable is to age it in the fridge for at least a few weeks; the longer it ages the better it tastes. I made “apple jack” and “red wine” this way. It was pretty mellow, probably not any higher alcohol content than most beer, but if you’re 19 and can’t buy booze yet, a couple of bucks for a 2-L of beer isn’t bad.
If you’re concerned about someone noticing what you’re buying, get flour and stuff and pretend you’re going to try making bread with the yeast. (Get baking powder as well, and make pancakes.)
copperbadge: eruvadhril replied to your post:Answers About Kindereggs Hey, Sam, tell us about how...
copperbadge:
eruvadhril replied to your post:Answers About Kindereggs
Hey, Sam, tell us about how you used to make bootleg hooch under your sink in college!
WELL I’LL TELL YOU, all you really need to make alcohol is yeast, sugar, and fruit juice. When I was doing some research in some old newspapers, I came across a recipe for “dorm wine” — you mix yeast and sugar in the bottom of a large jug, then add fruit juice concentrate and fill the jug with water (I used a 2-liter soda bottle). You tape a balloon over the mouth of the jug to prevent bugs and dust getting in but to allow for gas expansion as everything ferments, and after about two weeks, when the balloons have deflated, you have decent but nigh-undrinkable alcohol.
The key to making it drinkable is to age it in the fridge for at least a few weeks; the longer it ages the better it tastes. I made “apple jack” and “red wine” this way. It was pretty mellow, probably not any higher alcohol content than most beer, but if you’re 19 and can’t buy booze yet, a couple of bucks for a 2-L of beer isn’t bad.
If you’re concerned about someone noticing what you’re buying, get flour and stuff and pretend you’re going to try making bread with the yeast. (Get baking powder as well, and make pancakes.)
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No, you buy a goddamned brewer's vapor lock for a whopping $1.29 and the cap that goes with it for another four bits.
Also. $0.69 A little tastier than bread yeast, just sayin.
This, this is why I was admitted to [REDACTED]. While all the other undergrads were trying to stretch condoms over the mouths of cider jugs, I, being a super genius, walked into a fucking brewing supply store and spent under $5 for the equipment grownups use.
All of which is perfectly legal for minors to buy.
P.S. It wasn't "'apple jack'" unless the OP is confessing to what is in the US a federal crime. It was "hard cider". Apple jack is what happens after you pass hard cider through a still or other distilling process. Not that I would know anything about that.