Good moonshine cost more than $3 a gallon to make and it's less than
200 proof. If alcohol was cheap to make it would have replaced
gasoline many years ago. I believe 200 proof is impossible to make. I
looked into this several years ago. If I remember correctly you need
about 80% alcohol to run a gasoline engine (160 Proof). You can't
make 5 gallons of 160 proof alcohol in a day without making a career
out of it. . It takes several weeks and about 100 gallons of mash to
get 5 to 10 gallons of auto burnable alcohol. I've seen people pay
$50 for a gallon of moonshine. $3.00 a gallon for gas is cheap
compared to making alcohol on small scale .





On the day of Mon, 22 May 2006 23:54:35 GMT...
"Karl Townsend" remove .NOT
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Gas will soon be $3/gal. I live in corn country, its $2/bushel. My car will
run on E85, that's 85% ethanol, 15% gas.

So can I buy/build a high efficiency fermenter and still that does, say 5
gallons a day? I'd run it all winter and use the waste heat to keep the shop
warm. Seen any good proven designs? How about one that uses a corn burner
boiler (readily purchased) as the heat source for the still?

BTW, I may need some quality control help to make sure its really 200 proof
VBG




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Two apples a day gets the doctor's OK.
Five a day makes you a fruit grower like me.

Karl Townsend