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Hi bct! Read up on tried and true recipes and making cuts. And don't get scared off from the lack of sanity.... or sanitizing. Us beer brewers are used to keeping things clean. The hooligans around here sometimes take a different approach. It was one of the more notable adjustments I learned when I ...

Hi Olly, and welcome!

Steve, I've done this with my pot still. It helps if you put some copper mesh inside the condenser tube for more vapor contact. Pull heads real slow after you tip it back down. It compacts your heads a little better so you lose a little less total volume to your heads cut. Like NZChris said, you can...

Damn, we lost a good one. Wish I could have burned my name into that bench one more time.

Terrible news. Rest in peace brother! Thank you for welcoming me into your home, you're a good friend and you will be sorely missed! Pouring a TB white dog in your honor.

Welcome Andre!

You found the right place. Dig in and read up!

Cheers!

Picked up this 1956 Husqvarna Vapenfabriks .243 Model 1600 for free at the beginning of the year. "Wouldn't shoot flat." Messed with it for a few months, got the stock bedding correct, removed some material where the foregrip was touching the barrel. Replaced the scope mount with a Leupold...

GB, with stories like this I can't wait for your retirement either!

Cheers!

Very glad things are going well for you my friend!

I sew my own bags out of undyed lycra (spandex) with cotton thread. Learned the method from another forum member years ago. I make them to fit a 50 gallon barrel. They can easily hold 250 lbs of wet grain. Hoist them up with a block and tackle and let the grain squeeze itself. You do get a bit of bi...

No, I have too many rigs to justify building another just yet. Once I get my hands on the perfect boiler, I do plan on building a 6" column, however.

Detriot, this thread is excellent! Beautiful work!

Hey all, I know this is a bit of a weird thing to get excited about, but I just tried out a new heating element and I'm quite impressed. I use a 220v 5500w element to run my boiler and I've used probably a dozen different elements over the years. Once they start to get ugly, I usually retire them, s...

Poitin, I can't believe you still have that! Excellent! Bayou, the boudin was phenomenal, I love it. Also, your amaretto is the only thing I've ever added to nitro cold brew coffee that has made it better. I don't use cream or sugar, but I'd be happy to pour a shot of that amaretto in every cup I dr...

HNDB..... these cigars!!!! Amazing!!!

I have anejo tequila and barrel strength rum that will both be at 63%, I'll be sure to do extreme labeling. And bring water for proofing. Sorry dresden, the only bottle of the maple left is in Shine's possession. He gets to decide if and when it ever gets cracked. After the last disaster I had (2 30...

Should be leaving my place with Rager around noon or 1:00 on friday. I think we're about 4 hours away. I'm gonna bring a small keg of nitro cold brew coffee I made, hoping for some feedback. And anything else good I can rustle up between now and then.

Sorry for the late reply!

As long as I'm not committed to anything already (wife is out of town for 3 days, so I don't know what I'm doing in life), I am totally there!

Johnny, you are inspiring me. Lautering with corn is something I've always wanted to pull off. I think I might give it another go. How much do you mill your corn? Or do you just cook it cracked?

It will be a little while before I give this a go again, but I'll post my results if I have any luck.

I love the label! ShineOn, if you ever try it, make sure you keep things clean. The last batch I made got completely ruined, both 30 gallon fermenters. They had loose lids (I use them for bourbon... with a low Ph, it's no problem) and fruit flies got in. Got 60 gallons of vinegar. It was a heartbrea...

Hey Gundog, I know it's been a few weeks, but better late than never... If the mash tasted acidic, it very likely was. That right there could easily be the reason you stalled at 1.030. What yeast are you using? US-05 can handle some serious acidity, I recommend that yeast. Check your Ph if you are a...

Hi I have been using the birdwatchers sugar wash for about 5 years and always have great success using my T500 but im going to try to tryu to make some Gin and was thinking about putting a bag of botanicals in the reflux tube what are your thoughts??? This may work just fine, but you might be just ...

I almost forgot about that corn SCD brought!

First time I've ever eaten raw corn that tasted like it was cooked. Thanks for that, SCD! Was it really as great as I remember, or were we all just completely shitfaced?

Couple pics I took of the table and the mash.

We miss you too Crow! It was great to talk to you this weekend. Perhaps we can get out there to beautiful Strayia sometime in the next couple of years!

On a side note, Flatwoods, you are in our prayers. I hope this storm goes easy on you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSbqPzRLPY0&sns=em Here's the video I was telling you guys about. Definitely how NOT to make gumbo! Oh man... I can't stand those facebook-type cooking videos. That gumbo you made was unreal. It pulled me out of my drunken stupor. I only wish I was sober enough t...

Soon as rager gets here, we'll be on the road as well. See you guys in about 10.5 hours, traffic pending.

Hey Butch, do you want any fresh eggs? We have much more than we need. I'd be happy to bring some.

The Baby Bourbon is nice, but it doesn't hold a match to their "4 Grain". That stuff is excellent, but it's about $60 for a 375ml. That's steep!

I didn't miss dinner, did I? Sorry for being so vacant, all. Just this past weekend I was able to re-arrange life enough to be sure I could attend. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, shine... outlook wasn't so good when I got your voicemail, but all is fine now. Rager and I will be heading do...