On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:49:21 UTC Hootowl <ELN/zooo@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>
> So far as I know, there was no alcoholic beverage tax on ethanol
> produced for use as a fuel back in the gasohol days. I do know that
> producers had to detail their procedures to keep people from drinking
> it in order to get a permit to make it.

That permit was enough to scare most small timers off. Dad and a
neighbor set up a still to ferment the sorgham they were using to feed
cattle. According to them, the cattle did better on the fermented
mash than the raw sorgham and they were going to get rich selling the
ethanol to Texaco. In the end, it wasn't worth the effort, even when
they burned it themselves in farm machinery. Texaco demanded a purity
level that was pretty much out of reach for a small producer. The
main problem was the water absorption level which was pretty much
impossible in a humid climate.

Nothing was added to make it undrinkable (man, a cocktail with that
stuff put Everclear to shame) and I don't recall seeing any particular
security setup. Hell, one slug of that stuff and you lost all desire
for a nip of anything for a while!

--
Will Honea

 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:27 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> So you don't have revenuers checking your stills?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O

I live in town, and the neighbors wouldn't let me. But my uncle
Snuffy Smith back up yonder in the hills...

Dan


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>
>Hootowl wrote:
>>
>> By destroying your optic nerves. And just slightly more will paralyze
>> you, and a slight bit more than that will kill you outright. It's
>> vapors are also poisonous. It is also used as a paint stripper.
>>
>> So far as I know, there was no alcoholic beverage tax on ethanol
>> produced for use as a fuel back in the gasohol days. I do know that
>> producers had to detail their procedures to keep people from drinking
>> it in order to get a permit to make it.
>>
>> Dan

 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:27 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> So you don't have revenuers checking your stills?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O

I live in town, and the neighbors wouldn't let me. But my uncle
Snuffy Smith back up yonder in the hills...

Dan


>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Hootowl wrote:
>>
>> By destroying your optic nerves. And just slightly more will paralyze
>> you, and a slight bit more than that will kill you outright. It's
>> vapors are also poisonous. It is also used as a paint stripper.
>>
>> So far as I know, there was no alcoholic beverage tax on ethanol
>> produced for use as a fuel back in the gasohol days. I do know that
>> producers had to detail their procedures to keep people from drinking
>> it in order to get a permit to make it.
>>
>> Dan

 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:27 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> So you don't have revenuers checking your stills?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O

I live in town, and the neighbors wouldn't let me. But my uncle
Snuffy Smith back up yonder in the hills...

Dan


>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Hootowl wrote:
>>
>> By destroying your optic nerves. And just slightly more will paralyze
>> you, and a slight bit more than that will kill you outright. It's
>> vapors are also poisonous. It is also used as a paint stripper.
>>
>> So far as I know, there was no alcoholic beverage tax on ethanol
>> produced for use as a fuel back in the gasohol days. I do know that
>> producers had to detail their procedures to keep people from drinking
>> it in order to get a permit to make it.
>>
>> Dan

 

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:27 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> So you don't have revenuers checking your stills?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O

I live in town, and the neighbors wouldn't let me. But my uncle
Snuffy Smith back up yonder in the hills...

Dan


>mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
>Hootowl wrote:
>>
>> By destroying your optic nerves. And just slightly more will paralyze
>> you, and a slight bit more than that will kill you outright. It's
>> vapors are also poisonous. It is also used as a paint stripper.
>>
>> So far as I know, there was no alcoholic beverage tax on ethanol
>> produced for use as a fuel back in the gasohol days. I do know that
>> producers had to detail their procedures to keep people from drinking
>> it in order to get a permit to make it.
>>
>> Dan