Does anyone know anything about making wine/beer/liquor out of fruit and vegetables?

[url]http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm[/url]

I plan to try that at some point this year.

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe][url]http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm[/url]

I plan to try that at some point this year.[/QUOTE]
Man I read all of that.
Seems interesting.

Haha interesting for sure.

Wo, that was really interesting. I bet it would taste like absolute **** though.

My dad used to brew his own beer. When he stopped he still had all the equiptment just sitting in the basement for years. That stuff smelled so rank.

[QUOTE=asdf]My dad used to brew his own beer. When he stopped he still had all the equiptment just sitting in the basement for years. That stuff smelled so rank.[/QUOTE]
yeah, my dad used to too. It smelled up the whole house. Plus, it blew up a couple times, and got sticky stuff everywhere.

[QUOTE=plebeian scum]yeah, my dad used to too. It smelled up the whole house. Plus, it blew up a couple times, and got sticky stuff everywhere.[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah, that happened once over here. My dad and his friend were carrying it in the kitchen and it blew up. My dad's friend took off running, for fear of how my mom was going to react.

Here's my half-as[size=2]s[/size]ed, too lazy to stencil, bored on a Wenesday night pot leaf patch, done in the timeless medium of sharpie on part of an old shirt.

[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/BPMead007/psychedelic/08-24-06_0126.jpg[/url]

Pruno sounds punx as fux, but I'll probably try something a little more sophisticated. If I remember my chemistry lessons (I only ever went to two of them, so read 'chemistry lessons' as 'drunk old people in a Scottish pub'), sugar + yeast = alcohol. Pears are about to go ripe and there are a few trees around here, I'll probably try to make some pear wine. I just need to sort out a way to stop the mould from growing. What's the best way to sterilize a glass bottle before I leave wine to ferment in it?

Boiling water?

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Boiling water?[/QUOTE]

And what should I use to seal it? I know you can get special fermentation caps from some chemists, but that wouldn't be very DIY.

Rubber bungs? Corks?

You have to let air out though otherwise it'll explode.

I could probably use a rubber bung and open it for a few seconds once a day.

Here are a few pictures of my Byke. It's old and inferior, but it's my best friend.
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0758.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0760.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0761.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0763.jpg[/url] (it creates oligarchy)

Bought it last spring for like 40 bucks, and I've done a fair amount of work on it since then. New cables, new tape, swapped out the seat and front derailuer, cleaned the whole thing thoroughly (there was about a pound of gunk between the sprockets and rust all over the drivetrain). I'm not sure what I'm going to do next ... I might go for toe clips. I've also been meaning to get a light, now that it's not light out until like 9:30. It's really stupid to ride after dark without a light. It needs new brake pads, too. Always looking for new stickers, as well.

Anyone here ride single/fixed gear? It's something that intrigues me. I want to start winter riding, and fixed seems like the best way to go. Less things to be damaged by the wet/salt, and braking is better. Instead of a conversion or new bike, I might just take the back derailuer and chain off, and replace them with a short, wide chain. Wouldn't even need to break the old one. But, I don't know, I got a few months until I need to think about that.

[QUOTE=coheneran]I could probably use a rubber bung and open it for a few seconds once a day.[/QUOTE]
Put a balloon over top of it, maybe with some tape. Every time you see the balloon getting pretty big, let out some of the gas.

[QUOTE=plebeian scum]Here are a few pictures of my Byke. It's old and inferior, but it's my best friend.
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0758.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0760.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0761.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/idiosyncratic/IMG_0763.jpg[/url] (it creates oligarchy)

Bought it last spring for like 40 bucks, and I've done a fair amount of work on it since then. New cables, new tape, swapped out the seat and front derailuer, cleaned the whole thing thoroughly (there was about a pound of gunk between the sprockets and rust all over the drivetrain). I'm not sure what I'm going to do next ... I might go for toe clips. I've also been meaning to get a light, now that it's not light out until like 9:30. It's really stupid to ride after dark without a light. It needs new brake pads, too. Always looking for new stickers, as well.

Anyone here ride single/fixed gear? It's something that intrigues me. I want to start winter riding, and fixed seems like the best way to go. Less things to be damaged by the wet/salt, and braking is better. Instead of a conversion or new bike, I might just take the back derailuer and chain off, and replace them with a short, wide chain. Wouldn't even need to break the old one. But, I don't know, I got a few months until I need to think about that.[/QUOTE]
Thats a nice looking bike, it looks kinda like mine.

I asked the same question about converting to a fix a couple of pages back, I did a lot of searches since then. Search google about fixed gear conversions, you'll get heaps of instructions about it. I'll hopefully be converting my bike soon to a fixed, or at least a single speed. I'll post photos and let you know how it goes.

[QUOTE=Ender_]Hah, I want to do aardvarks on a surfboard knockoff ^.^[/QUOTE]
How 'bout sharks on a tractor?
I prefer freehand painting, myself.
I just did (a)DOOM(e) on the back of my vest, across the bottom. It's drying as I type this.
I also have handpainted Crass patches, some Illuminatus!/Discordian stuff, and other things in the works.

[QUOTE=coheneran]Does anyone know anything about making wine/beer/liquor out of fruit and vegetables?[/QUOTE]

Strangely enough, Yes!

I built my own steel, You can make your own booze by buying yourself some copper pipe, a big big pot, an old barrell,

Ingrediants for moonshine!

12 Cartons of fruit juice
7 Kg of sugar
Yeast
And some water!

To be honest you are better off buying booze, because once you have bought all that shlt you still have to wait two weeks for it to ferment.

And remember, If its above 40% proof it'll burn, If its above 60% proof, it will burn blue

[QUOTE=Hagbard Celine]How 'bout sharks on a tractor?
I prefer freehand painting, myself.
I just did (a)DOOM(e) on the back of my vest, across the bottom. It's drying as I type this.
I also have handpainted Crass patches, some Illuminatus!/Discordian stuff, and other things in the works.[/QUOTE]

Post some pictures!

[QUOTE=Widerstehen Sie]Strangely enough, Yes!

I built my own steel, You can make your own booze by buying yourself some copper pipe, a big big pot, an old barrell,

Ingrediants for moonshine!

12 Cartons of fruit juice
7 Kg of sugar
Yeast
And some water!

To be honest you are better off buying booze, because once you have bought all that shlt you still have to wait two weeks for it to ferment.

And remember, If its above 40% proof it'll burn, If its above 60% proof, it will burn blue[/QUOTE]
Well that was vague instructions.

[COLOR="Black"]Fu[/COLOR]ck it, I'll make Pruno.

Go for it.

[QUOTE=ratsinthecity403]Post some pictures![/QUOTE]
i don't have a digi camera, nor a scanner for regular pictures (because i'm dirt poor).
About homebrewing: remember that if you use a "kit", many of them use isinglass in the fining process, wich is a product of the fishing industry and thus not suitable for vegans.

Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol, I'm told. That's why potatos make such potent wine, because they are so full of starch.

[QUOTE=coheneran]Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol, I'm told. That's why potatos make such potent wine, because they are so full of starch.[/QUOTE]
very basically, yes this is true. HEY! Is that Dr. McNinja?

You're damn right it is. I used to [I][U][B]LOVE[/B][/U][/I] Ghost Busters!

pointless and a buch of my other friends used to make moonshine. most people hated it i ****ing loved it but that **** does smell strong but it was like 135 proof so it was a good time. when i get some pics i will posted this odb stencil it came out pretty well

Moonshine instructions?

Essentially the longer it brews, the higher the alcohol content. And the basic formula is yeast + yeast food = ethanol. Yeast food can be fruit and someone said sugar, and I assume other things work as well.

Is it really [i]that[/i] hard to get alcohol?

No, but this is cooler, and in the long run, cheaper.

But not nearly as tasty.

Yes, not as tasty as cheap vodka.

/3,800th post.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6cTbaBApM4[/url]

I'm going to make one of these.

[QUOTE=asdf][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6cTbaBApM4[/url]

I'm going to make one of these.[/QUOTE]

I love upright basses. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

one batch was cherry favored. i forgot how we did it. it was the only relatively good tasting moonshine we ever made.

brett i already posted the odb stencil.

[QUOTE=asdf][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6cTbaBApM4[/url]

I'm going to make one of these.[/QUOTE]Holy crap. I have got to make one of those.

Wow, that was the coolest homemade bass I've seen.

[QUOTE=Crack-Rock-Steady]Wow, that was the coolest homemade bass I've seen.[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure that's the coolest homemade anything I've ever seen.