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Fresh batch of moonshine up! (Original Post)
Earth_First
Apr 2013
OP
Oh ... 51 years ago I helped my father make peach brandy for family consumption.
In_The_Wind
Apr 2013
#15
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)1. Did someone hear a rumble????
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)2. apple?
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)4. Peach...
My peach is a crowd favorite.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)6. peach is very nice - yes, thanks.
we tend to call the peach Brandy in my neck of the woods but, yeah, Moonshine it be.
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)8. Do you jar yours with the fruit?
Or strain it off?
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)10. I have seen it both ways. -
I have only made it once and, that was with the fruit.
Moondog
(4,833 posts)3. Thanks, I'll have a snort.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)5. I need to refill my little brown jug. When and where!
Earth_First
(14,910 posts)7. May your jug runneth over...
Don't worry about the overage, that part is for friends departed.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)13. No worries ...
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)9. I'm in!
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)11. A little bit of moonlight is good for the soul
olddots
(10,237 posts)12. you really made some ?
we tried as kids and failed miserably even with good instructions and the right stuff .
I had some in Alabama a few times and it was damned good .
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)15. Oh ... 51 years ago I helped my father make peach brandy for family consumption.
We used skins, pits, sugar, yeast and lots of water.
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)14. I'll bring something greenish to trade...
...if you're into that sort of thing!
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)16. Arugula??
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)17. I am, in fact...
...an arugula-eating, latte-sipping liberal.
I was thinking of something a little more combustible!
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)18. AH!! Tansy Ragwort!!!
RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)19. That would be a great name for a character in a novel.
Made me think of Dagny Taggart.
So yes, it would be a right-wing character.