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The wine sounds a lot like my kvass. I have a gallon jar on top of my fridge I've been making kvass in for awhile. Hulled oats, a lemon slice or two, and sugar. A bit of yeast is optional. Can be ready in a few days, or a few weeks for stronger. Lid just sits on top to keep the dust out.

Do you have a particular link for the wine making? Or I could search.

I suppose the still is too complicated and risky for my small place. Plus, instacart just delivered this a little while ago for cheap. Kirkland Signature Blended Scotch Whisky Scotland, 1.75 L $20.39

But the wine and variants sounds fun.

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Sounds just like kvass, same basic process goes for making all alcohol.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/ has more advanced stuff. r/prisonhooch is great for bare basic booze made from whatever. r/winemaking has the dudes who got a wine making kit for Christmas (don't tell them that) but there's good info there. Sorry about reddit links because reddit sucks but those subs are decent.

Kirkland Signature Blended Scotch Whisky Scotland

I'd drink it in a couple days and spend the next recovering. Sounds fun.

Nice.

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https://www.homebrewtalk.com/

Thanks, looks like a lot of people there know what they're doing. I'm going to have to learn their language, and possibly get some tools or meters to measure something or other. Checked the reddit link just for the heck of it and this was near the top:

Hello everyone, I'm sure you get this question everyso often from newbies making wine kits. My question is that, as a strict vegetarian, I'd prefer not to use chitosan. I'm only comfortable using kits so far and they all come with chitosan and kieselsol packets for use after fermentation. My question is whether I can replace these with a vegetarian friendly alternative? If so, when and how could I add it?

Classic, although he hadn't mentioned being an atheist yet. lol

That scotch is pretty tasty to me. Was a beer drinker for decades, then decided to switch to concentrates a few months ago because of the hoax making store visits impossible. Around here, only the maskers can enter stores.

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That scotch is pretty tasty to me. Was a beer drinker for decades, then decided to switch to concentrates a few months ago because of the hoax making store visits impossible. Around here, only the maskers can enter stores.

Be careful. Liquor greatly expands the potential for all sorts of fuckery. I'm only allowed beer these days, kinda sucks. Although there is something to be said for the mini bender.

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The difference in alcohol % has taken a little getting used to, and /u/magnora7 could verify some of the fuckery. With beer, you have to drink a few glassfulls to catch a buzz, and that muscle memory lingers.

A few incidents and guh-narly hangovers can help with the retraining.