Pruno, Haute-Corse

Pruno, or prison wine is an alcoholic beverage that is either made ​​from apples, oranges, ketchup, sugar, milk or other ingredients. A further component is, for example, crushed bread in question. Bread controls allegedly at the yeast to ferment prunes. Pruno originated in prisons and is also largely limited to the prison culture. There it can be produced cheaply, easily and discreetly. The fermentation can in a plastic bag, with hot, carried running water and a towel or sock. Towels, the pulp can be hidden during the fermentation. The end result was flowery described as " chilled wine with vomit taste." The achievement of good taste is not a priority at the Pruno production. Depending on the fermentation time, sugar content and the quality of the ingredients, the alcohol content from 2 to 14 % may be.

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The Fermationsgrundlage, the fruit is referred to as a motor. More sugar leads to more alcohol. Occupants may produce nothing Alcohol and the NO confiscate Pruno wherever it goes.

Jarvis Masters inmate on death row at San Quentin had the poem " Recipe for Prison Pruno, " sealed, which describes a recipe for this Pruno won a PEN Award ( 1992).

In Michael Finkel's Esquire article about the death row inmate Christian Longo is a recipe for Pruno was called. 2004 Pruno Competition was held in Las Vegas at the American Homebrewers Association 's National Homebrew Conference.

There are a total known a variety of other prison - alcoholic beverages. This includes wines that are fermented in water tanks of toilets. Sugary drinks like orange drink fermented and can be distilled using a heating furnace. These methods normally lead to beverages with a low alcohol content.