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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-08-29T01:51:59'
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title: It's "make you own hooch"
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It's "make you own hooch" week at CNN, apparently, Yesterday: [Making illegal liquor -- and profits -- in Appalachian hills](http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/08/28/moonshine.ap/index.html), with a nice description of the distilling process. Today: [Try making an alternative wine](http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/08/29/alternative.wines.lat/index.html), complete with recipes. It's "make your own hooch" week at my house, too. Tonight's feature is [hard](http://realbeer.com/spencer/cats-meow/chap12.html) [ginger ale](http://hcs.harvard.edu/~dins/history/gingerale.shtml). It'll be ready [in a couple weeks](http://realbeer.com/spencer/cats-meow/chap12.html#anchor4).