Re: What makes whisky whisky?

as a regular Home brewer of beer, and interested in the Distilling arts,

I do not make my Home brews to save money, I do it because I can, and I like
to share a drink with friends and tell them " I made this"  and what do you
mean with the "going blind" thing?

Steve


"Rebecca Chua Enriquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> OK, I apologize to all in the group, but I have to ask a question here.
>
> Why take chances distilling your own "mash", or whatever it is that you
have
> allowed yeast to spoil, when you can buy a perfectly good quart of
Missouri
> produced whiskey for less than $7.00? It will taste better than anything
> homemade and not make you go blind. A headache, yes, but not blind. And
they
> have such nifty clever labels on them with old Civil War Generals, etc.
>
> I am posting this with tongue-in-cheek but the basic premise is sound.
There
> is very good whiskey out there available at low price. Try "Early Times",
> etc.
>
>