https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/liquor-shortage-looming
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(that was a joke)
Ahem, in a word . . . Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
(that was a joke)
Is A Liquor Shortage Looming?
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No. If guaranteed income becomes a reality, there is a liquor boom coming. Ask anyone who witnessed LBJ's Great Society and the passing out of welfare checks. Cigarette sales and junk food sales will boom. Probably illegal drug sales too.
In The Peoples Republik of Kalifornia, the welfare bums on EBT will keep the liquor stores in business.
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During prohibition people made their own. No shortage then.
I think the logic here is that it could become scarce with the grain shortages. I buy gallons of cheap whiskey as a prep, and for my business post SHTF.
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Yep, and lots of people who didn't know what they were doing got methanol poisoning too.
I’ve read that blindness is a common symptom of that too. And they thought they had a reason to drink before that….
I produce more wine from about 75 grape vines here than I could ever drink. Every time anyone comes here they almost always leave with a bottle of muscadine wine or two. The survey guy that took measurements recently and was so happy from it, along with the satellite dish guy. I find that friendly ‘bribes’ create loads of goodwill.
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Im pretty well stocked up on vodka, bourbon, scotch, absinthe, cognac, everclear, etc. My only shortage is in Cuban cigars, which I need to start ordering.
When I quit smoking cigarettes a lifetime ago I decided to stay away from pipes and cigars too just to be safe. I do miss a good cigar occasionally but the urge passes quickly.
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I never smoke around here during summer, too dry. Sometimes when we stop in a bar while on a road trip I'll somke a cigar. Mostly when I do smoke its a rum dipped AL Capone. Eventually I want to order a few boxes of Cubans.
Hard liquor makes me crazy so I don't drink it. I lost my taste for wine also but I do enjoy an occasional 24 oz beer.
I never liked any liquor. It tasted bad and put me to sleep way too fast. Beer and wine are a good compromise. I actually like beer the most but with heart issues and working on loosing 15 more pounds wine is all I will drink for now. Lookin forwards to that first cold beer when I hit my goal though.
I am getting divorced, so there is a lot of "liquor" shortage.
I found I dont drink since she's gone.
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Most people want to get rid of loose pounds, not loosen up more pounds. They have a surgical procedure for that...it's called a "tummy tuck." LOL
As for me I need to lose a few pounds.
Distillation is covered in Chemistry 101. It is a simple straightforward procedure. Idiots will always find ways to kill themselves. Just keep in mind that methanol and ethanol boil at different temperatures. If you can make wine you can make brandy. If you can make brandy you can make everclear. There will always be a market for alcohol.
Yeah, I was warned….. lolMost people want to get rid of loose pounds, not loosen up more pounds. They have a surgical procedure for that...it's called a "tummy tuck." LOL
As for me I need to lose a few pounds.
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Scrupulous moonshiners always discarded the "heads" or the first stuff to come out in each batch, which had a lot of methanol in it. But the unscrupulous moonshiners did not. But that does not get rid of all the methanol.
To really get rid of all the methanol, you need to age the moonshine in white oak barrels. Methanol will diffuse through the wood faster than ethanol.
Applejack, a hard cider that is distilled by freeze distillation, has a high methanol content because freeze distillation cannot remove any methanol. It has to undergo either aging or some sort of process like absorption through a molecular sieve to remove the methanol.
To really get rid of all the methanol, you need to age the moonshine in white oak barrels. Methanol will diffuse through the wood faster than ethanol.
Applejack, a hard cider that is distilled by freeze distillation, has a high methanol content because freeze distillation cannot remove any methanol. It has to undergo either aging or some sort of process like absorption through a molecular sieve to remove the methanol.
Just remember that making alcohol is pretty easy. Beer and wine here in the states is perfectly legal for personal use as long as you don’t try selling it. (They always want their taxes). I can’t say for other countries but in the US and most of the world making any form of liquor is majorly illegal, even a thimbleful. It is a crime that can be more punishable than rape or murder in many cases.
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You forgot the Hookers! LOL
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Yes. They'll be in high demand after SHTF. Better start the interviews.
HEY! That's MY hustle..
that'll draw too much attention , no thanks.
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And where are you going to go to get treated for syphillis, the clap, HIV, etc.?
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