Can you tell me if this "how to make alcohol" article would work?

Question

http://www.ehow.com/how_2310993_make-own-alcohol.html

i dont want to have to deal with the companies. i dont trust comanpies run by people i dont know

Answer 1

isnt it like illegal to make your own alcohol stuff?

Answer 2

Probably.

Hah- I trust companies to make decent alcohol better than I would myself.  I don't want to be blind.

Answer 3

Yes it will defintley work. Likely to taste like sh*t though.

Answer 4

Yes, and it won't hurt you. Unless you enjoy it too much!

Don't use orange juice ≈ use grape or cran. Make sure everything is scruptlously clean - if not it can ruin the batch.

Then I'd add one more step if you can wait :: soon after the balloon stays the same size and stops actively working, slowly pour or siphon the contents into another jug of the same size leaving the dregs (dead yeast cells) in the bottom. Put the balloon on the second jug and wait a few weeks until it clears.

I realize how much self discipline this will take but you'll have a superior product.

Not that you're looking for a superior product, eh?

Don't tell anybody except your best friends how easy this is, OK?

Cheers!

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Answer 5

It sounds right.  But the taste may be another thing.  It is not illegal to make wine or beer.  Which is all that is I think, is cheap wine.  Liquor needs to be distilled.  Thats where lagality comes into play I think

Answer 6

my mum used to make homemade shinewine (wine) and she used active yeast, sugar, water, and fresh fruit. she would use the fruit and i guess smash all the juice out of it untill she got enough to make a batch.. and the more sugar in the batch the higher acohol content....

hope this helps...

Crystal S

Answer 7

Yeah, that will work.  You'll probably get a low alcohol wine, maybe 6% max.  Depends how much sugar is in there.  You could use winemaker's yeast (but you would need to order from a company that is run by strangers, so...) to help it taste better and reach a higher alcohol content, 12-14% should be what you'd get out of it.

Above all, sanitize!  Everything that comes in contact with the juice must be sanitized.  That's the biggest source of spoiled alcohol products.  You can immediately tell if you've done something wrong.  It will be obvious (mold, etc).

As the other poster said, it is legal to produce fermented beverages, beer/wine in the US.  It is illegal to produce distilled beverages in the US.  (In Australia, you can obtain a home distillation license, making liquor production legal).  This fits into a fermented wine category, so it's all safe -- up to 100 gallons a year, and not for sale.