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	The Alaskan Bootlegger's Bible Leon W. Kania Happy Mountain Publications, 2000 - 198 pages average customer review:based on 58 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Easy to read and humorous, this book entertains you with Alaskan tales and bootlegger's lore while you learn to make everything from beer and blossom wines, to horse turd whiskey and bathtub gin. If you could buy only one "make your own" book for the rest of your life, this is it. It's like getting a whole shelf of books for the price of one!

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Pretty good book

This book is pretty excellent especially if your a beginner without alot of homebrew experience. It's a step by step on how to make your own cheap booze!


buy this book and get started brewing

everything you need to know to get started is right here. the tools and the ambition are up to you. the book is written in a very personal style and filled with lots of stories both personal and secondhand. recipies are great and simple. listen to this man's warnings he has a wealth of knowledge and experiences both good and bad. don't miss his whale photo on the first page.


Great book from those intimidating with the beer/wine/liquor making process

I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 only because it is slightly disorganized could use another proofreading. These are not large detractors though, as the unpolished aspects of this books works well with how the author humorous, carefree approach to the art of making alcohol. Even if you never intend to make alcohol at home, the entertaining stories and ingenious alcohol-making contraptions described are worth the read.

Chapter 1 is a very basic introduction of basic fermentation process required to make all alcohols. Very light on science, but not glossing over anything important.

Chapter 2 details winemaking. This was my favorite chapter, as the author doesn't just stick with the basics, like grape wine, cider, and mead (honey wine). He details how just about anything that contains sugar/starches can be easily turned into wine, from straight sugar to tomatoes, to carrots, to milk. There is an extensive recipe list, all requiring very little money and equipment to make some very exotic "wines." Intermixed with the instruction is some great stories about milk wine bootlegging priests and what to do when you meet a bear in a blueberry patch. Great stuff!

Chapter 3 is dedicated to home brewing beer. Recipes for cheap, historical prohibition style beers are discussed as well as more conventional, high quality beers. Most of the brewing process is kept very simple and generic. While I liked this section for the prohibition recipes and exotics beers recipes like chicha, I would probably buy a more conventional home brewing book if you plan to get serious with home brewing. The methodology here seems more directed toward college students who want to brew at the lowest cost possible, or isolated people unable to get a conventional home brew kit in the mail. Not to take anything away from the authors methods- its just that most people don't do home brews out of necessity, but as a hobby.

Chapter 4 describes making your own home brewing equipment, as well as making your own malt. Like the previous chapter, this section is very interesting and is great for someone unable to get home brewing ingredients and equipment, or unable to afford them. However, very few of potential homebrewer's would go to the hassle of building a bottlecapper out of scraps of wood, when they are readily available for under $20. The section on making malt is very interesting, especially since this is a topic that most basic home brew books avoid.

Chapter 5 details basic whiskeys and many different distillation stills. The whiskey recipes themselves are traditional cheap bootleggers recipes. Real, aged whiskey is not describes, only prohibition liquor or high proof ethyl alcohol are mentioned. A variety of stills are described, from traditional pot stills, to simple stills made from modern kitchen gear like pressure cookers, crock pots, and tea kettles, to small portable stills made from a soldering iron. Enough information is given to create your own still, if that is legal where you live.

Chapter 6 is a simple chapter on making liqueurs from a base alcohol (vodka or your 'shine)and a variety of fruits, herbs, etc. This chapter is here for completeness, but does not contain anything unique like the previous chapters.

Overall, this book is perfect for diehard DIYers, cheapcollege students,people in remote parts of the world, or anybody who wants to make their own alcohol but doesn't want to get bogged down in the fun-killing science aspects. If you are thinking about making wine/beer/liquor but just aren't sure if you can handle it, this book is the perfect starting point.

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Great Read if you're into fermenting

I consider this a must read if you are getting into the hobby of making beer, wine, mead, or whatever. Consider this the blue collar version of making alcoholic beverages. You don't need fancy equipment (but it helps), you don't need to compare your vintage to the floral scents of meadow flowers, you don't have to eat certain wines with certain foods - in fact, you can make wine/fermented beverages out of most anything - milk, in a garbage bag, etc - and this book covers most of these stories/recipes with humorous vigor. Very fun read, and it will get you experimenting with new wines.

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