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Mdaniels80
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New Member from Washington State , USA

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Just stopping by to say hi, I'm excited to get to know you all and learn the ways of distilling (for educational and entertainment perposes only). Hoping one day to give back some knowledge I hope to obtain too. Thank you
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Welcome to the best home distilling website on the internet. There’s a lot to learn...and it’s all right here on this site. Learn to use the HDGoogle search tool and you’ll quickly find the answers to all of your questions.

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welcome
I'm just the bank and the mule

post your still pics here
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 16&t=66917
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Welcome, there are a whole lot of us here from Washington
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Welcome Mdaniels80, there's a lot going on in the distilling world and Home Distiller is the place to be.
Nobody told me there'd be math and that my head would hurt from reading all because I wanted to distill some alcohol!
But I've got some nice liquors thanks to this site. You can too.
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Welcome from another member from the Evergreen State. Pretty active group here in the PNW.
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Welcome to the site. I am relatively new here, but have used the parent site since I started learning a year ago. I also live in WA state.
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Welcome to the site!
Let us know what you're making and anything else you'd like to share.
Cranky's spoonfeeding:
http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52975

Time and Oak will sort it out.
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Good to have you.
Start reading and read some more. There's so much good info here your eyes might bleed.
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Thanks for the warm welcome! for my first still I am leaning to buying the brewhaus 15gal pot still , I've always been good at math providing I am using an accurate formula.
I am under the impression that 1lb grain/1 gallon water/ 2 lbs of sugar is a good starting point. Im sure since i read that on the internet that it work but probably isnt awesome lol. I have a hell of a lot to learn and this place is info overload ( Like i can't see the forest through all these damned trees) if you know what i mean... I really do have alot to learn and am not afraid to admit it and ask stupid questions lol .... well here's to learning something new and meeting new like minded ladies and gents
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Mdaniels80 wrote:Thanks for the warm welcome! for my first still I am leaning to buying the brewhaus 15gal pot still , I've always been good at math providing I am using an accurate formula.
I am under the impression that 1lb grain/1 gallon water/ 2 lbs of sugar is a good starting point. Im sure since i read that on the internet that it work but probably isnt awesome lol. I have a hell of a lot to learn and this place is info overload ( Like i can't see the forest through all these damned trees) if you know what i mean... I really do have alot to learn and am not afraid to admit it and ask stupid questions lol .... well here's to learning something new and meeting new like minded ladies and gents
I started out on info overload, I get it. If I could recommend some things:

1. read a little bit every day
2. Start with the novice guides (I still read them every now and again)
3. Start with birdwatchers neutral from the tried and true recipes (you'll be happy you started there)
4. Read kiwi's guide to cuts
5. Don't fall into the trap of being greedy. We're here (well I am can't speak for everyone) to make a good drop of whiskey... Quality not quantity
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Welcome!
There are a lot of us in Washington!
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Welcome to HD, from your southern neighbor.

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Come on in, the water's fine. If, of course, water is you're thing. I'm sure that you know what W.C. Fields said about water.
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Welcome there a lot of good info and people who are willing to help you. I'm finding there quite a few of us from WA here.
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Hi from yet another Washingtonian, (on the wet side).
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