pete46 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Can This Black Powder Stout Be Purchased In Ms? I've Been Exposed To Guinness Extra Stout. All Other Beer Taste Like It's Been Watered Down Get Stout For The Shack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 nope if you want some real beer for the shack, get Duvel or Westmalle trippel, or kasteel bier, or Westvleteren, or Orvalle, or Chiney, or Tripel Karmeliet... Belgian beers are the best of the world! :-) believe me if you ever tested one of these al athors including guiness will taste like dishwater or stale coffee, it is a know fact that we make the most diverse and best beers in the world (exept for pilsner type beers, those are better in tjechie and germanny). I'f taught a couple brewing clases and beer tastings around europe. your always welcome!!! but I gues belgian beers would be kind of expencive in the US right know due to the shipping costs en the dollar being so low to the euro. So go for "leffe" its a pretty good belgian beer, and Imbev brews it locally in the us. kind regards!! johannes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Leppo Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Wouldn't want to drink anything w/ blackpowder in it - a large portion is SaltPeter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip in china Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 If your shack were in a location where distilling was allowed how would you make your still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Very carefully! The FOXFIRE books have a bunch of info on old style moonshining in them if I recall correctly; however it it was me I'd probably go ask my oldest living relatives back in the hills for instructions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dwyer Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Leave it to a bunch of blacksmiths to turn a thread about outfitting a shack into a beer and booze fest! You do have to be careful distilling. I understand acetone and alcohol vaporize within a few degrees of each other. If you stay away from "mash" that is high in cellulose you minimize acetone. If you know the vapor temp points and monitor you're even safer. If you ask some one who's from the hills how to do it, make sure their eyesight is good. If they're cross-eyed you might not want to use their production methods! Back in the 70's I had a friend who was ancient. He was an old prospector and moonshiner. He loved to make dandelion wine and distill a brandy out of it. He had a still that was a real hoot. Took a regular old pressure cooker, put it on his stove, ran a copper tube off it into his sink, filled the sink with cold running water and caught the distillates coming out of its end. Said it was real easy to ditch the cooper tube and host a revenuer right in the kitchen without him being the wiser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Leppo Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Philip IC If you want to build a still in china, I must direct you to this site:Home Distillation of Alcohol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiesmith Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Been forging the past couple nights. Made 2 nail hooks the first night. And started working on a toasting fork. I was using rebar for stock. Well tonight I went to finish the toasting fork. I get all the way down to the handle where I was going to draw it out and curl up a nice ring for it to hang on the wall, when I heard the most sickening sound. The twang of one of the tines breaking off. I had been holding the fork at the tine end while I was working on the handle. I have no idea what happened. I just stood there in a daze for a few minutes wondering what happened. Then I went to the fridge, got another beer and sat in my plastic deck chair (that is convieniently sitting right in front of the forge). I think next time I will do the tines last. -Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 next time get sumthin better for steel! rebar isnt verry good for makeing stuff (ya dont know what is in it)just pick up some decent steel!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Did you ever quench the tine end---and this included dropping it on cold ground or setting it on a cold anvil! If so rebar can sometimes have enough carbon to harden and since you didn't draw temper on it the small tines would be glass hard and the vibration of working the other end can cause them to break. Re-bar is my least favorite steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfb343 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Newbiesmith- If yer close to hagerstown, maryland metals has a great scrapyard the have acres of leftovers and returns (plate, round, sqr, rebar, mesh, etc, etc) for 35 cents a pound!!!! and they'll even help you load it if ya ask nice(just make sure yer truck can haul it, lol ,found that out the hard way once). I also found a source of pocahontas nut coal in town. Happy banging Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbiesmith Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Hagerstown. That's just a couple dozen miles east of my home town. I'll have to definately look into that. Yeah I don't have a truck at the moment. All I have is a Saturn 4 door and my wife's Forrester. I always get strange looks when my little Saturn pulls up to the yard here. And I get out with my dress (work) clothes, tie tucked into my shirt pocket, a pair of wolverine boots and work gloves on. Then the guys at work always wonder why I come back from lunch with a big smile on my face..... -Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete46 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Anneal Rebar In A Trench Fire Over Night & Never Ever Quench It! I Use It To Make Bottle Trees And Other Yard Art! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfb343 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I always get strange looks when my little Saturn pulls up to the yard here. And I get out with my dress (work) clothes, tie tucked into my shirt pocket, a pair of wolverine boots and work gloves on. Then the guys at work always wonder why I come back from lunch with a big smile on my face..... -Dan LOL yeah, I got some strange looks myself cruising the scrapyard in my ambulance. Nothing like using company time to support my hobbies. I think maryland metals will deliver as well. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden_eagle Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hobo cooler (dish of water with air moving over it) and a boat rack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 The shack must be loaded with all kinds of goodies by now...we need to see !! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I agree. We made lots of suggestions and we deserve some pics. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuk Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 what about door handles, door latches, and brackets for lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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