Garden hose inside of still

[Johnboy1234]

My little 3 year old boy put about 12 inches of garden hose inside my still when I wasn't looking and I brewed up a batch with the hose inside the still. I only discovered it when I cleaned the still out the next day. Will it be SAFE to drink it or not, we already have drunk a bottle the 1st night it was brewed and haven't felt sick or anything.........Just wondering if it will be OK to drink the rest? Such a huge waste if it isn't safe.

[maheel]

do you mean in the boiler ? or in the still head

[Johnboy1234]

do you mean in the boiler ? or in the still head

In the boiler where you pour all the wash.

[maheel]

hmmmm

well thats better than in the still head... still hard to say what may have come over

tough call and you have to weigh up the risks i kind of doubt it would kill you but you would be likely to be getting a little extra i think ?

how did the hose look when you pulled it out?

[Johnboy1234]

The hose was all intact but very faded.
The booze tastes the same as usual, no rubber flavour.

Also I run it through an ezy flow carbon filter.

[MacStill]

Not sure I'd want to drink it, but if it's all you've got it's up to you I guess.

You could always eat the hose instead :laughing-rolling:

[Johnboy1234]

Yea its all Ive got and it doesn't taste any different.
I'm drinking it now and starting to feel a little rubbery lol
Lesson learnt, always check the inside of your still before distilling, ya never know what's gonna sneak in there. I guess I am lucky I am not in Aus, it could of been a brown snake instead of a piece of hose, and theres no way I would drink that. :crazy:

[QLD.Andy]

No offense but I would rather drink brown snake booze than rubber hose booze any day.
Dont think I would be drinking it, sorry.

[Nardy]

I'm with Andy - I'd drink brown snake booze over hose booze... But I'm guessing you made neutral, and if you're collecting at a high rate then by-products would be at a minimum right? And then you're carbon filtering on top of that, so...

Maybe you could give it away as gifts? :lol:

[Sam.]

Its not like the hose has been submerged in 95% alc for days it would only have been boiled.

You could probably soak it in high strength alc and it might taste like shit but I doub't it would be all that toxic. If you couldn't taste it I wouldn't be too worried.

People are very risk adverse these days ;)

And maybe there might be a market for Snake Vodka? :lol:

[Nardy]

Mmmm...snake vodka.

[maheel]

check this mad stuff out
http://www.thailandunique.com/store/asi ... -c-11.html

[MacStill]

It has a bit of a sting and has been known to be a little rough on the nose :o



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[SBB]

They are big on sticking all sorts of critters into the local booze in some places Maheel. I stopped to look at a road side stall selling the snake and scorpion variety once in the north of Thailand. The bloke behind the counter wanted to give me a sample. I said :eusa-snooty: :eusa-snooty: :eusa-snooty: The sample bottle in question was only half full...the snake was starting to decompose giving the spirit a nice oaked look :puke-huge: We did end up buying a bottle of his finest Strawberry flavored booze which wasn't to bad all things considered....but I do remember having a vicious hangover the next day...I dont thing they worry to much about heads cuts :lol:

[Johnboy1234]

Its not like the hose has been submerged in 95% alc for days it would only have been boiled.

You could probably soak it in high strength alc and it might taste like shit but I doub't it would be all that toxic. If you couldn't taste it I wouldn't be too worried.

People are very risk adverse these days ;)

And maybe there might be a market for Snake Vodka? :lol:

Thanks for that answer, it was the one I was hoping for, so I will go with that one.
LOL @ Nardy for "Maybe you could give it away as gifts?" that thought did cross my mind :shhh:
Don't reckon drinking distilled brown snake poison would be safer than a bit of garden hose.
Thanks everyone for all your help and amusing suggestions. :clap:

[fields]

They are big on sticking all sorts of critters into the local booze in some places Maheel. I stopped to look at a road side stall selling the snake and scorpion variety once in the north of Thailand. The bloke behind the counter wanted to give me a sample. I said :eusa-snooty: :eusa-snooty: :eusa-snooty: The sample bottle in question was only half full...the snake was starting to decompose giving the spirit a nice oaked look :puke-huge: We did end up buying a bottle of his finest Strawberry flavored booze which wasn't to bad all things considered....but I do remember having a vicious hangover the next day...I dont thing they worry to much about heads cuts :lol:

Apparently in some places they believe you will have the attributes of what you drink... so snakes and tigers and scorpions are all cool things.... I wonder what that makes you if you drink garden hose :)

[wynnum1]

What are you if you eat a lot of snails.

[busman]

What are you if you eat a lot of snails.

A bit slow?

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