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Old August 5th 05, 07:02 PM
George Patterson
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Neal wrote:

I wonder how much whisky you could make from that much corn ;-)


The Park Service used to have an exhibit outside of Cherokee. As I recall, the
recipe was 5 bushels ground corn, 1/2 bushel cracked corn, and 1/2 bushel
cracked rye. Place in 50 gallon barrel, fill with water, and drive in the bung.
After 2 weeks, place in 60 gallon still and cook it down. If the bung pops out
before 2 weeks is up, cook it down then. Makes about 5 gallons. That would be a
little less than 1 gallon of 160 proof sour mash whiskey per bushel.

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