"Thomas Prufer" wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 Mar 2020 20:19:59 +1100, "John_j" wrote:

They also arent what you use when you want to produce
a final result that still has the flavour of what you started
with with stuff like plum brandy etc.

The turbo yeasts seem to be sold lots in countries with high taxes on
likker...

There arent many except the USA that dont
have high taxes on stuff stronger than beer.

lees chance of being caught with a bathtub full of mash, maybe?

Its not a time thing, they will still be able to
shaft you for the alcohol they find at your place.

14% in 24 hours, 20% in 5 days. ISTR seeing up to 24% alc/vol
advertised.

Yeah, some like the phucker drink it like that, dont bother to distil it.

Arrgh. The thought curls my toes.

Mine too, but he is an alcoholic druggy.

Friends don't let friends drink shoddy liquor.

He doesnt have any of those, he drinks it all himself.

I live in an area with hordes of italian immigrants.
They have a long tradition of grappa and quite
a bit of it is pretty awful stuff. They use pot stills.

(Cheap is fine, sometimes...)

But with a hand sanitiser, a pot still is
fine even if you ton use a turbo yeast,
Doesnt make a lot of sense to use a
turbo yeast for that tho, they aren't cheap.

Pretty much theoretical for me and here
(Treznal), as the excise men are keen

Ours aren't even tho its alleged to be the biggest
wine growing operation in the country.,

and there are plenty of fruit spirits at reasonable prices.

Our drunks are mostly into sherry and
wine isnt taxed like beer and spirits are.

(And they have *nothing* to with the sweetened
hand sanitizer the Americans call "Schnapps".)

The yanks actually sell neat ethanol in
some states under various brand names.

There's even a place here where they take your apples and return them,
after
juicing, fermenting, distilling and bottling (and taxing) them. Even using
solely your apples, if you so wish and have enough.

That doesnt happen here. We are much more into beer.