[Sca-cooks] Hard Liquor ingredients

Martin G. Diehl mdiehl at nac.net
Sat Dec 11 09:24:27 PST 2004


Terry Decker wrote:
> 
> > --- "jehan.yves" <jehan.yves at signofthetiger.com> wrote:
> >
> >> At 07:27 PM 12/10/2004, you wrote:
> >> >Cold distllation.is a wonderful thing.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, Quite illegal!
> >
> > Illegal??  Not in my neighborhood.  If I were to sell 
> > the distilled liquor, then I might have a problem, 
> > but the ABC has no jurisdiction over alcohol 
> > production for personal use, other than a limit to 
> > the amount which can be brewed at home each year.  

Brewing ... Yes.  

> > I can cold distill anything I want.

Distilling ... No.  

> > Besides, even if the government were to try to pass 
> > some kind of law regarding ice distillation of 
> > homebrew, how would they know????

"if the government ... law regarding ice distillation" 

There is no 'if'.  They can; they have; you are at risk.  

Think of 'The Rock' in "The Retrieval" 

	"You have two options, Option A and Option B"  

	... 

	"There is *no* Option C."  

In this case -- cold distilling -- there is *no* option.  

> > William de Grandfort
> 
> You're wrong.  It is illegal.  
> Federal law permits the production of 200 gallons (IIRC) 
> of alcoholic beverage produced by simple fermentation per
> person (adult and meeting the requirement of the statute).  

[snip]

> How would they know?  

An uncountable myriad of ways.

> How many people do you know who would love to cause you 
> grief with nothing more than a phone call?

How many?  I don't know.  Can I get back to you on that?  

Some years ago, I saw this as as someone else's .SIG ... 

	I saw no one, but I knew they were there.
	It was not paranoia, just a reasonable deduction.
	Unless, of course, 
	that was what they wanted me to think...

Lovely? ... Right?  

It engenders a vision too dark for my daily use ... 
At least that's what I want them to think.  

> Bear

Vincenzo

-- 
Martin G. Diehl

http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=MGD

Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it.
  inspired by P. K. Dick



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