Colonial Alcohol Use

An Old Coon Skinner Says

I know this old coon skinner who sold fur to Eddie Bower when Eddie

was alive.

Fortunately one time he took me across the USA to Mr. Bowers home

and I got to meet him! WOW is all I can still say, but back to the

old coon skinner, Lonnie a big tall 6'6" Red Neck strong as a Loaded

Cole Train and kind as 6 week old Red Bone Puppy. My friend Lonnie

when I mentioned that I was making Vodka …Well the old boys ears

pricked up like a 100 Pound Doberman smellin fresh meat!..hehhe…The

poor old chap cannot

drive and barley see (he is 91years old), but he

made sure he was ready for me to pick him up at 5:00am when it was

time to run a 15gal batch of sugar wash out of my new valve reflux

still. I was kind nervous cuzz this is only the second time I ran

the new still (LOTS OF HELP FROM THIS SITE).

I had the valves closed, Lonnie kept feeling the column. He said he

never seen nothing so new fangled in this((IN His God Dam Life)

direct quote)) the old coon shiner says that you have to have a feel

for the dam thing Dago! You have to know by touch! You have to know

by smell! And Feel…I was thinking WTF…I was thinking to my self that

this old boy cut his teeth on moon shine, so all I could do is pay

attention. As the heads came off he asked for a new mason jar. I

told him that I wanted to save them to ad to the next batch...Lonnie

abruptly replied, I ant had no dam polish from home for 20 years son

and this is goin home with me! (I am 45 years old and going on 15

when Lonnie is around, Now that's LOVE!) I will try not to romance

the story too much more and get to the point but what love can be

shown just from a great hobby!

So the heads are off and we are in the middle of the run and the old

boy has his hand on the column every 20 to 30 sec. the still is

refluxing