Growing tobacco is a legal activity. Why hide it?

Modern setups use lead free solder, copper plumbing pipe and kegs to distill in. A 3 foot reflux tower will distill at 160+ proof. Rerun it for higher. A parrot is handy too. All easily made at home.

I'm not sure about state wise, but federally it is legal to own any still as long as it isnt intended to produce alcohol, so make sure it is only intended to be used for water distillation(totally unregulated). MFG's are required to keep records but at this time the feds havent been collecting(they could)

As for producing, yea that's illegal, except there are cheap/free(dont remember) permits for stuff like lawn mower use.

As for how hard it is to make.... a handful of grape juice concentrates, mixed with 15-20lbs of sugar, a container of bakers yeast, and add water up to 14 or so gallons in a standard keg with the core removed makes a strong wine. Let sit with an airlock, or just tape a rubber glove to the top and punch holes in the fingers. After it finishes bubbling, , add column, cook it, a propane turkey burner works fine. Throw the first shot glass away, it is full of hangover and blindness(not an issue unless you are going out of you way to kill someone), after that cook until the proof goes down(a parrot helps).

If anyone has questions i know a lot more, pm me. BTW i dont do it, but i have seen it done a lot. To sum this up. For SHTF you could make an entire still setup that fits in the same ammo. Cook on a campfire, blackberries or whatever that has sugar would brew fine, ofcourse you will get a lower yeald and more flavor the lower the initial "wine/mash" is ..... Actually that might be a product, the biggest issue is getting a stainless pot to cook in that seals a lid that small.

What's the parrot do?

It'll get took and while you may be able to grow it for personal use, I think any surviving authority would frown on unregulated trade?

I checked Kent WinCo the other day—no dice. But I DID find this Jim Beam Repeal Batch at Trader Joe’s for 10.99. I’m a bit of a bourbon snob, but this isn’t horrible and will do well for prepping. I think I’ll buy several bottles at that price.

I think that's a pretty good deal as well. I haven't tried that stuff yet.

Pretty easy to make up 50 gallons hard apple cider. I do 50-100 gallons every year. Tasty stuff and popping out at 10-12% alcohol.

For the prep, we keep a decent stash of Everclear 190 proof.
And for fun we drink XO cognac.

I would LOVE to learn how to do this. We have an apple tree that grows more apples than i have ever seen on a single tree.... Haha

Still nearly a pallet of it in S. Everett WinCo. (9900 19th Ave SE)

To be clear, the cost is $1.78 plus .76 tax for 200ml. And then more tax.

Yeah, no getting around the sin tax.... Still about half price (pre-tax) of what beam normally is.

I got about three bottles of Vodka, one bottle of Brandy, 4 bottles of Tequila. For trade or the end. A bottle of this stuff might get you through a check point never know.

Still nearly a pallet of it in S. Everett WinCo. (9900 19th Ave SE)

Jim Beam 200ml 1.58 plus .76 tax plus .32 tax for a total of $2.66 each small bottle

In troubled times, having a certification in distillation and experience as a professional brewer will serve me well, methinks. I’ll just make my own.

Can I hang out with you at that point? I'll forgive you for being anti-Seahawks. I bow before the breadth of your knowledge concerning the elixir of life.