Quote Originally Posted by hellrazor308 View Post
here in ks we can make 2 gallons of hard stuff per year, for self consumption that is not to sell. worst part about this method is the waiting time. a month is a long time to wait when you are watching paint dry lol.
Seems to me that the worst part is that you can only make two gallons! They have been making rum for hundreds of years with the leavings of the sugar making process, so why not some razorshine? When I lived in the hills of Tennessee I knew several people who went way over the two gallon limit and made a tidy living from the "excess". As long as they kept their runs within reason and didn't poison anybody, the law left them alone. Actually some of the badge toters were good customers. A friend of mine used to sell "hot Cokes" in his little general store. These were Coca-Colas that had been doctored with moonshine and had been recapped and stored in the farthest reaches of his old slide-top soda cooler and known only to his most "discrete" customers. One day the county sheriff came into the store and reached way into the back of the cooler and snagged a "hot Coke". He popped the cap, tipped his head way back as he took several long swallows, let out a sigh of satisfaction and walked out of the store without paying for his drink. My friend said he was happy to see him go and didn't even ask for the nickel deposit on the bottle.

Regards - Walt