Quote Originally Posted by AKScott View Post
I tried some "white dog" when I toured the Maker's Mark plant in Kentucky. White dog is the stuff that came out of the still today and still needs to be aged - for years- before it is bottled. There is a good reason they have to age that stuff for years before they can sell it, and the reason is it tastes horrible at day one.
Legal way to make good tasting bourbon:

buy that nasty Georgia Moon "Pure Corn Whiskey" and age it yourself in charred oak.

Quote Originally Posted by AKScott View Post
Under current US law this practice is still considered "concentrating alcohol", same as using a still to distill concentrated spirits from legally home produced beer, wine or hard cider.

I did put a bottle of hard cider I had made in the freezer once upon a time. I meant to open it in 20-30 minutes but something came up. When I did pour it about four hours later, most of the liquid stayed inside the bottle in the form of ice, buit that litttle bit I got out sure was tasty.
Just keep it under wraps.
They're going to go after the guy bragging about his still decades before they're going to worry about a guy who put a bottle of cider in his freezer.

Pay your money and take your chances. Or choose not to take your chances!