Chuckle Bros by Brian and Ron Boychuk for November 11, 2021

Hoochie mama.

However you look at it it’s still funny.

You’re still the one that makes me laugh

Still the one that’s my better half

We’re still having fun

And you’re still the one

In the immersive gallery, the exhibit includes the crackle and smoke of a wood fire, the trickling of cooling water and dripping distillate, and a gasping voice rasping out the traditional “Smooth!”.

At the end of the exhibit’s run, it will be realistically demolished by a team of performance artists dressed as “revinooers”.

I’m headed straight to the gift shop for some art to go.

On the next floor is the “No Longer Life” gallery.

The trick is to keep the boiler temps as close above 180 deg F as you can keep it. Ethyl- and methyl- Alcohols boil at 180 F, so as the temps get warmer and closer to the BP of water, the alcohol gets diluted.

And it’s all done in the still of the night.

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I’d like to say a bunch of things about this and then say “I still don’t get it.” – but I think I do, so I won’t say that.

I grew up near W Va and I ‘still’ remember my first taste of moonshine. And even tho it was mixed with orange juice (it was called Orange So Good), it not only burned all the way down, it ‘buzzed me good’. One glass and people were passing out, lol.

I kinda doubt that Popcorn Sutton wore a lab coat.

You can see how the artists distilled the essence of the experience by subtle use of alcohol-based paints. The symbolism is also subtle. The lab coat always denotes the seriousness of the enterprise, the open flame shows the hazards involved and the variety of tubing emphasizes the flow and draws the eye across the canvas. If it also makes you thirsty, the artist has truly elicited a reaction. :)

Hope they include the Swamp still from M*A*S*H.