So...I'm not an alcoholic, I swear. Nor do I really "drink" -- only on occasion or to have one or two glasses of wine. The thing that pulled me into this article was OF COURSE the Al Capone reference. WHO WATCHES BOARDWALK EMPIRE?! The whole beginning of the article was on point with the past couple episodes. The banning of liquor, the bootlegging of whiskey, Al Capone's stash in Chicago, the priest "IN" on the whiskey, the HUGE barrel of "cooked" wiskey in the old building... the one Jimmy Edwards was keeping under wraps. NOT FOR LONG, your wife is a lesbian and was just shot... But anyway! That's what pulled me into the article.
What I found intriguing was the fact that people actually still "cook" liquor, whiskey, beer, wine, etc at home! I thought that kind of died out in the earlier days, but I guess not. I remember my friend Jess in high school leaving her bag of grapes in her above locker (when we had lockers, they gave us two) and not remembering she kept it in there -- when she opened it up PHEW! It smelled like YEAST and moldy grapes... I don't know if I'd ever drink that. I think I feel better knowing the whole process happened elsewhere. It's like eating something SO delicious, but rather not knowing how it became that way.
Anyway, great website. Great insight into all things food -- processes, history, current events, etc!