ILLICIT WHISKY

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3998, 12 April 1933, Page 3

ILLICIT WHISKY

ILYID ON THE BOOTLEGGERS NORTH OF ENGLAND Iliecit whisky distilling in the North of England is being stampe l our. Most of the bigger bootleggers have either been heavily fined and put out of action financially or have been sent to gaol The evil has l>een more widesprad than anyone would have imagined, but to Lancashire an 1 Yorkshire belongs the distinction of. being the centre of the i»ernicious trade in Britain. The lii&jority of the persons found guilty of manufacturing these illegal spirits arc aliens, principally from Poland and Russia. I lib it t listiilhtiou is not carried out in ignorance of the law. ion* for sheer fun. This is the reason why : An outlay of a shilling will yield Has profit. **One extraordinary fact about it all.” said an excise official recently. •*is that the manufacturers of the spirits takes place in attics and bedrooms. always under thoroughly tmhygoinic conditions.” The wash is 111 alc by dissolving malted grain os* sugar—proper distillers use the first, illicit distillers the second- Yeast is added an 1 the mixture. is left to'stand for a few days. Feniu ntation takes place in due course, the spirit is formed, and is then, [mi: in a still. The '“hootch” is never allowed To remain in proof for tin* three years’ period demanded under the Immature Spirits Ac t- It is always sold in its on: le. iinpurified form. This socalled whisky smells like ditch water and tastes worse. But it is being sold at (is ijcr bottle-