Everclear

[kf0rt]

I have a favorite way to use a bottle of Everclear. Take a med to large watermelon. Cut out a plug at both ends perpendicular to the center. Place an open bottle of Everclear in one plug.Let the liquor drain halfway. The draining may take 2 hours. Remove, and place in other plug hole. When drained replace plugs, set out in direct sunlight for at least 8 hours. Place in fridge over night. Enjoy.

The slices are sweet, and potent. After 2 pieces of cold sweet water melon, I was talking like thisssh. Vodka, or 151 rum works as well. There is a refrigerator version on you tube. I have only personally done the sun roasted version.

Seems I have a similar recollection. The version I recall was simpler... Take a watermelon and cut a plug from each end. Set it ass-up in a Coleman drink cooler (or similar). Pour the high-octane stuff in the top of the watermelon and fill your cup from the tap in the cooler. Ditto on the vodka or rum. I don't recall anyone actually eating the watermelon afterwards.

[W3WN]

Seems I have a similar recollection. The version I recall was simpler... Take a watermelon and cut a plug from each end. Set it ass-up in a Coleman drink cooler (or similar). Pour the high-octane stuff in the top of the watermelon and fill your cup from the tap in the cooler. Ditto on the vodka or rum. I don't recall anyone actually eating the watermelon afterwards.

Wasn't this the plot of an episode of Gomer Pyle USMC?

[ki4itv]

I asked for PGA and Everclear at the local state run ABC and they said nada, no chance, don't sell it, can't have it.
Wish they'd hurry up and privatize those stores here. The state gubmint is just plain not good at it and it looks like the fricken DMV, but with bottles everywhere.
Not a very appealing shopping experience. Virginia could learn a lot from Tennessee.

[ad4mg]

I asked for PGA and Everclear at the local state run ABC and they said nada, no chance, don't sell it, can't have it.
Wish they'd hurry up and privatize those stores here. The state gubmint is just plain not good at it and it looks like the fricken DMV, but with bottles everywhere.
Not a very appealing shopping experience. Virginia could learn a lot from Tennessee.

But, but, they have free samples now! Must be a timing thing, though, no freebies on my last two trips!

[w3bny]

I asked for PGA and Everclear at the local state run ABC and they said nada, no chance, don't sell it, can't have it.
Wish they'd hurry up and privatize those stores here. The state gubmint is just plain not good at it and it looks like the fricken DMV, but with bottles everywhere.
Not a very appealing shopping experience. Virginia could learn a lot from Tennessee.

Your in like Richmond. Just come up my way and buy all you want.

As for a VERY tasty everclear recipe.... Get a good size jar of maraschino cherries. Dump all the red juice out of it. Pour it to the top with everclear. It will turn white! close the lid and put it back...BACK into the fridge (you may wanna put a skull and crossbones or a Mr. Yuck sticker on it so the kids dont get into it) Give it about a week. A month is better. They juice turns red again and they are not only delicious but freekin deadly <kaff-kaff> Oh and if you mix the juice with 7-up...:yum:

[KG4CGC]

OK, not only do we Everclear, we have all the trendy "moonshines" being sold under trendy old time names and logos. Everclear is cheap, it will take paint off a metal wall and even when cut in half will still remove the lining from your esophagus. If you were to divide it by 6 equal portions you would still be drinking 31.66 proof. That's almost 16% alcohol and that's a lot of drinks for a small party. One quart mixed would yield 6 quarts and that's a gallon and a half.

[ki4itv]

Yeah, I heard that rumor too. But, like you, never actually seen physical proof.:chin:

[KA5PIU]

Hello.

In Mexico, pure grain alcohol comes in grades, like hats.
The real cheap stuff will have no markings, the better stuff will have an X or 2, XX, or more.
2 XXs and you have Dos Equis,
http://www.buckaroo.us/xfactor.shtml
The X thing is subjective but the proof is not.
However, rotgut alcohol is nearly pure grain alcohol that is very cheap, a 5 gallon measure into your container will set you back around $12.
This is about as cheap as it gets.
I buy the little bit better grade and some cheap Vodka as well as Tequila, all the cheap stuff.
Rum can be had that is of very high quality at a good price.

[AA0CX]

Seems to me it should be available everywhere, assuming it has the appropriate state tax stamp on it. I know we can get it here (in ND). I remember drinking it. Once. When I was in college, I threw up for a night, and a day. Lime vodka had similar results, but that's another story.

When I was in the Navy (a Corpsman), back in the early 70's, one guy got a hypodermic syringe and a 10-gauge needle and injected a bodacious-size cantaloupe with Everclear, at a huge party we had near Seattle. Results similar to suddenseer's post above.

I know it's a good disinfectant. It is also rumored to kill crabs.

[suddenseer]

Seems to me it should be available everywhere, assuming it has the appropriate state tax stamp on it. I know we can get it here (in ND). I remember drinking it. Once. When I was in college, I threw up for a night, and a day. Lime vodka had similar results, but that's another story.

When I was in the Navy (a Corpsman), back in the early 70's, one guy got a hypodermic syringe and a 10-gauge needle and injected a bodacious-size cantaloupe with Everclear, at a huge party we had near Seattle. Results similar to suddenseer's post above.

I know it's a good disinfectant. It is also rumored to kill crabs.

I am glad you found the Island. if the bartender did not welcome you, I hope he does here. You are my kind of ham. You aint that old, but you are not a child. Your day, and my day interact. Welcome to the Island... Tim