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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:49:21 UTC Hootowl >
wrote: > > So far as I know, there was no alcoholic beverage tax on ethanol > produced for use as a fuel back in the gasohol days. I do know that > producers had to detail their procedures to keep people from drinking > it in order to get a permit to make it. That permit was enough to scare most small timers off. Dad and a neighbor set up a still to ferment the sorgham they were using to feed cattle. According to them, the cattle did better on the fermented mash than the raw sorgham and they were going to get rich selling the ethanol to Texaco. In the end, it wasn't worth the effort, even when they burned it themselves in farm machinery. Texaco demanded a purity level that was pretty much out of reach for a small producer. The main problem was the water absorption level which was pretty much impossible in a humid climate. Nothing was added to make it undrinkable (man, a cocktail with that stuff put Everclear to shame) and I don't recall seeing any particular security setup. Hell, one slug of that stuff and you lost all desire for a nip of anything for a while! -- Will Honea |
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:56:27 -0700, L.W.(ßill) Hughes III
> wrote: > So you don't have revenuers checking your stills? > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O I live in town, and the neighbors wouldn't let me. But my uncle Snuffy Smith back up yonder in the hills... Dan http://www.billhughes.com/ > >Hootowl wrote: >> >> By destroying your optic nerves. And just slightly more will paralyze >> you, and a slight bit more than that will kill you outright. It's >> vapors are also poisonous. It is also used as a paint stripper. >> >> So far as I know, there was no alcoholic beverage tax on ethanol >> produced for use as a fuel back in the gasohol days. I do know that >> producers had to detail their procedures to keep people from drinking >> it in order to get a permit to make it. >> >> Dan |
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