http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/ BackpackingStoves Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:29:28 GMT Red Roach http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1049 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1049 Thanks Chris, this is right down the road from me. I might have to investigate this. TV Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:53:37 GMT christiepontello http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1048 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1048 Speed shops are not as all as good as in TX where my buddy took my advice and cut the tab in half, here on LI ny SK Speed shop in Lindenhurst will sell 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:28:01 GMT christiepontello http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1047 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1047 Hi all, Do check out Speed shops many will sell it by the gallon (you bring in a gallon jug/can/whaever. here is gig's letter to me Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:05:18 GMT digby_ollie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1046 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1046 I have been cooking in the backcountry with home-distilled ethanol in a home-made pop can stove for several years. Works great. If you make a good Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:53 GMT digby_ollie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1045 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1045 Reflux doesn't increase the volume, it increases fractionating. this results in more separation between the various distillates, ie heads and tails. resulting Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:32:26 GMT christiepontello http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1044 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1044 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1arNgu2n6pU Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:06:12 GMT christiepontello http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1043 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1043 http://chemistry.about.com/b/2005/07/20/how-to-make-moonshine.htm Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:04:53 GMT Matthew Takeda http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1042 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1042 ... I don't know where JohnF's information comes from, but: Section 5092 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) defines a brewer as a person who brews beer Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:54:14 GMT christiepontello http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1041 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1041 People throw out stoves all the time, take racks, cut them up, also old grills and mangled grocery carts that supremarkets give up on, or the rods from Ace as Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:47:49 GMT christiepontello http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1040 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1040 30 years ago when I made my own beer it was 200 gallons, same for wine, and that is a rip off cause it takes a lot less wine then beer to get the desired Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:58:29 GMT boardmanmw http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1039 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1039 Try 3/32 stainless rods from Ace Hardware. The come 12 in long, 2 per package, for around $2.00. I use them cut 6 in long and they never bend (or rust). Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:33:39 GMT Sean Eubanks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1038 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1038 Reflux stove looks good. If I'm looking at this clearly, this is a high tech version of what 'shiners called a thumper, that runs the process back through Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:26:54 GMT Red Roach http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1037 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1037 Darn, I thought the beer limit was 200 gallons a year. i might have gone over the 60 gallon limit once or twice TV Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:15:37 GMT Sean Eubanks http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1036 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1036 I use tent pegs that serve as both pot holder and structural component for my 2 piece, flashing built, integrated stand and wind screen. I got the idea when I Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:15:37 GMT mannypitta http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1035 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackpackingStoves/message/1035 Terry, I use 1/8 inch steel rod stock that I get from Home Depot. Not too heavy - about 1/3oz for each 6 inch rod. They last about a season for me before they