Whisk(e)y, wine and cheese!

[ChazzC]

The very worst I had was some free moomshine that he put in mayonnaise jar that hadn't been thoroughly washed out .

I still (no pun intended) have about 4 ounces of genuine Blue Ridge Mountain Moonshine that I received as a gift in the early 80's from someone who lived near the source; has a note of apricot.

Later this month I'll be stopping in at a licensed distillery that make the real thing, plus a number of derivatives; I last visited them maybe 15 years ago when they mostly sold Virginia Lightning and a barrel-aged version.

Being poor university students, we used Kool-aid for mix. If you old guys remember, the stuff that had the sweetener in the pack with it. It might have been strawberry flavour. That was rough.

Our preference was Everclear (95% Ethanol) mixed with Welch's Grape Juice in an unused galvanized trash can with a block of ice. The Ethanol was available at the Chemistry Supply Room (if you had an account to charge it to) for around US$1 per gallon (early 70's), or at the State Store for ~US$20 a half-gallon.

 

[Downwindtracker2]

One of the gang had the keys to the supply room. That was a much better. You had to double cut it though. I'm not a whisky connoisseur, the rare time I drink hard stuff, it's rye and seven. Gibson's Finest works , or the wife and I on hot summers day, G&T, then it's only Beefeaters gin.

 

[Chicken lights]

Our preference was Everclear (95% Ethanol) mixed with Welch's Grape Juice in an unused galvanized trash can with a block of ice. The Ethanol was available at the Chemistry Supply Room (if you had an account to charge it to) for around US$1 per gallon (early 70's), or at the State Store for ~US$20 a half-gallon.

The ol' "purple Jesus" recipe ...

 

[ChazzC]

The ol' "purple Jesus" recipe ...

“Purple Passion” at UVA

 

[Susquatch]

from...the store or a rural culvert. me and my drinking partners

Good one! You sucked me into thinking you were joking about swilling sewage. I had a good laugh. Then I find out you were serious about beer in the culverts.......

 

[JustaDB]

The ol' "purple Jesus" recipe ...

Yeppers. Consumed more than one of those back in the 70's.

 

[Chicken lights]

Fireball is a bourbon?

 

[ChazzC]

View attachment 65565Fireball is a bourbon?

Not any more than Jack Daniel’s is.

We have that problem in the PALCB stores: more categories than they have signage; leads to some interesting juxtapositions on the shelves.

 

[Chicken lights]

Not any more than Jack Daniel’s is.

We have that problem in the PALCB stores: more categories than they have signage; leads to some interesting juxtapositions on the shelves.

like when coors light is in the beer section...?

 

[JustaDB]

like when coors light is in the beer section...?

Don't get me started...

 

[ChazzC]

like when coors light is in the beer section...?

More like Lager being in the beer section (you know, that Chinese fermented beverage “Ying-Ling”).

 

[Chicken lights]

More like Lager being in the beer section (you know, that Chinese fermented beverage “Ying-Ling”).

"Yeungling summer shanty?" or however it's spelled

 

[ChazzC]

"Yeungling summer shanty?" or however it's spelled

Yuengling Lager; even my friends from North Wales (UK) liked it. Whenever I was traveling into a region in the U.S. where they recently had it I would ask, “Do you have any of that Chinese beer?” About half of the servers thought it was funny (the rest probably spit in my entree).

Oldest brewery in the U.S. You should stop in for a tour next time you’re heading South on I-81.

 

[Downwindtracker2]

Beer tastes are individual. Sometimes there is no accounting for taste. I'm fond of a fine local pilsner, but I can't afford the craft beer, so I make do with a merely good beer.

 

[ChazzC]

Beer tastes are individual. Sometimes there is no accounting for taste. I'm fond of a fine local pilsner, but I can't afford the craft beer, so I make do with a merely good beer.

Don't worry: just because it's "Craft Beer" doesn't mean that it necessarily better than your favorite local brewer.

 

[Ironman]

I built a reflux still, all copper and silver solder and easily produced a 95% ethanol product . cut 50% with water and the first mouthful, your teeth went numb. Interestingly it also gave no hangovers. I no longer drink anything stronger than milk, and I gotta get around to selling that still before they figure out how to tax me on the copper.

 

[jorogi]

I gotta get around to selling that still before they figure out how to tax me on the copper.

Hmmmm......and the illegal production of alcohol since 2008 and the undeclared revenue and tax evasion, you're going down old bean.

 

[historicalarms]

Beer tastes are individual. Sometimes there is no accounting for taste. I'm fond of a fine local pilsner, but I can't afford the craft beer, so I make do with a merely good beer.

After you've drank "culvert beer" of unknown aging process ( 1 month or 6 who knew) for a few years, anything fresh from a store is "good beer"

 

[Chicken lights]

Yuengling Lager; even my friends from North Wales (UK) liked it. Whenever I was traveling into a region in the U.S. where they recently had it I would ask, “Do you have any of that Chinese beer?” About half of the servers thought it was funny (the rest probably spit in my entree).

Oldest brewery in the U.S. You should stop in for a tour next time you’re heading South on I-81.

I didn't know they offered tours. There's a pit bbq place just north of Shamokin that I've always wanted to stop into. I'm thinking Arlington this trip and possibly DC.

 

[historicalarms]

I'm thinking Arlington this trip

Give the boys there a salute from me if you get there pls.