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Woohoo! First Spirit Run!

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Woohoo! First Spirit Run!

Postby RidgebackDad » Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:37 pm

Ok - am doing my first real spirit run - many, many, many thanks to fullhouse for the time and patience for putting up with my questions!

So, started two 5 gallon batches of BW - started with a SG of 1.085 and finished with 0.980 for an ABV of about 14%. Did a stripping run and ended up with almost 4 gallons of about 38% ABV.

Ran it through the reflux the first gallon was consistently 95% ABV the second gallon is still going. WOOHOO!!!!!

I *LOVE* this hobby!!!!!

Thanks to EVERYONE who answered my questions and took the time to reply!
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Re: Woohoo! First Spirit Run!

Postby Bayou-Ruler » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:34 pm

congradulations! :thumbup:
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Re: Woohoo! First Spirit Run!

Postby bentstick » Mon Apr 09, 2012 6:45 pm

:clap: :clap: :clap: :thumbup: Congrats!!
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Re: Woohoo! First Spirit Run!

Postby OlympicMtDoo » Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:26 am

Congrats ridgebackdad, Great feeling aint it. :thumbup:
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Re: Woohoo! First Spirit Run!

Postby fullhouse » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:09 am

Congtratz RBD!
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Re: Woohoo! First Spirit Run!

Postby JollyMon » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:25 am

Congratulations RBD! I too am getting close to a first Spirit run and hope to have as good of an experience as you did. :clap:
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