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captmatrix,
It can't be bigger than the Ohio Buckeye Juice system . Many have made billions just this week alone. Click for real life testimonials. Work out of your home without ever leaving the TV.
Why go all the way to the Himalayan Mountains for that gogo-juice dude?.... We twist a batch or two of "go-go juice" right here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the good ol "US of A" that'll knock your freakin socks off!.... and for some it ain't a bad little business either.lol
Lye,
I was joshin' you a bit. My grandfather was a vintner, a wine merchant and winery owner. He learned the trade at Ferris College and University of Michigan in the early 1900's. Unfortunately prohibition hit just as he was getting started so he had to survive selling grapes , apples , and cider (often hard). In 1934 prohibition was appealed and he began his winery business which lasted until 1958. I've got several of his books, old wine labels, and his apparatus for testing and making wine . Several of the glass items look a lot like parts of what Webs posted. He was producing thousands of gallons in the 1940's. Northern Ohio and the Lake Erie islands were home to many wineries back then. Only 1 or 2 survive today. Until he died my grandfather continued to make small quantities of wine out peaches , apples , grapes , plums , oranges , dandelion , and anything he thought would work. The walls of his house were lined with 5 gallon carboys of fermenting liquids . The nastiest one I ever tasted was Muscatel . After he died my friends and I grabbed samples of everything and had a party.
Lye,
I was joshin' you a bit. My grandfather was a vintner, a wine merchant and winery owner. He learned the trade at Ferris College and University of Michigan in the early 1900's. Unfortunately prohibition hit just as he was getting started so he had to survive selling grapes , apples , and cider (often hard). In 1934 prohibition was appealed and he began his winery business which lasted until 1958. I've got several of his books, old wine labels, and his apparatus for testing and making wine . Several of the glass items look a lot like parts of what Webs posted. He was producing thousands of gallons in the 1940's. Northern Ohio and the Lake Erie islands were home to many wineries back then. Only 1 or 2 survive today. Until he died my grandfather continued to make small quantities of wine out peaches , apples , grapes , plums , oranges , dandelion , and anything he thought would work. The walls of his house were lined with 5 gallon carboys of fermenting liquids . The nastiest one I ever tasted was Muscatel . After he died my friends and I grabbed samples of everything and had a party.
billyjoe
Cool!.... If truth be known, your Grandfather probably had a still stashed somewhere. Did he ever speak of enjoying a fine glass of brandy?lol
I have this close friend who makes some rather good wines too.... Wine making is quite the "art".... "Wine" is the first step in making fine brandy you know.... Any old Franklin County bootlegger can batch up and ferment some grain, yeast and sugar then distill the mash.... Takes a special someone with special talents and "love" to produce (1) a fine wine from fermented fruit.... then (2) carefully distill THAT into a fine, pure, smooth adult beverage..... I ain't talkin about just plain old grain moonshine BillyJoe.... I'm talkin about BrrrrANDY!
I'd lay money your ol Grandpappy "twisted" a batch or two of that wine in his day.hehehehehe.... Hey, find his hydrometer and tell me to what specific gravity it measures to..... A typical wine makers Hydrometer only reads to about 1.17 SG.... If it goes higher, your Grandfather needed to check a much higher alcohol content than wine is even capable of being fermented to.
Webs,
I hope your Muscadine grapes make better wine than our Muscat grapes which make the foul tasting Muscatel. Anyone who likes that stuff IMO is a hard core alcoholic and wood drink lighter fluid , gasoline , anything to get high. Hey , I think this thread has great possibilities , lets keep it going . Maybe it can turn into a collective Mr.Market couch for therapy for all of us. Not saying that I would need it , but you other guys have problems.
Webs,
I hope your Muscadine grapes make better wine than our Muscat grapes which make the foul tasting Muscatel. Anyone who likes that stuff IMO is a hard core alcoholic and wood drink lighter fluid , gasoline , anything to get high. Hey , I think this thread has great possibilities , lets keep it going . Maybe it can turn into a collective Mr.Market couch for therapy for all of us. Not saying that I would need it , but you other guys have problems.
billyjoe
I asked my therapist about this thread and he said that it would very good for my mental health to participate.
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