Bathtub gin: Difference between revisions

As [[gin]] was the predominant drink in the 1920s, many variations were created by mixing cheap grain [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] with water and flavorings and other agents, such as juniper berry juice and glycerin. Because the preferred sort of bottle was too tall to be topped off with water from a sink, they were filled from a bathtub tap. In addition, mixing grain alcohol, water and flavorings in vessels large enough to supply commercial users, had to be small enough for the operation to go undetected by the police. The common metal [[bathtub]] in use at the time would have been ideal as would have been a ceramic bathtub, hence the name, 'bathtub gin'. However, since [[distillation]] requires closed distillation apparatus and can not be accomplished in an open vessel such as a bathtub, and so stories of distilled alcoholic products produced in an open bathtub are very likely untrue.