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Hello, just following the rules,as we all are...

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Hi, just joined because I have found this site useful over time.
I am sure I will have questions eventually, but there is enough info already posted to sink a battleship.

My interests are primarily in malted-corn based all grain mashing.
The sourcing of suitable corn to malt yourself, and a valid / reliable process.

I am curious about aging product.
I am starting to try that.
But I want to age the very best of what I make.

Sampling Buffalo Trace White Dog, which (IMO) is not very nice, i will be more picky in what i attempt to age.

I all grain mash and ferment on grain.
Do not have the equipment to still on grain, but will work up to that.
I never seem to have enough horizontal surfaces, clean, sterilised containers or time.

I use a power controller on an electric still, that allows me to run slow where necessary.
Copper Alembic, with metallic coating added by the yeast when running hot.

That's an intro, i am not a bot.

Happy home-brewing.
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Hi Freebase
Good to see you’re not a bot. 😜

I’m about to embark on a mammoth task of filling a 50L barrel with single malt (English i’m in England) Whisky, I refuse to call it Whiskey 😜

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Welcome aboard.

I wouldn’t be so quick in saying only aging the best you make. Sometimes aging a not so great product can make it a great product. What’s the harm in trying to age something that isn’t great? What are you going to loose? Maybe a little time? A little storage space? But you could gain a pretty nice tasting product.

And I don’t know about you. But I don’t want to be drinking my not so good stuff while I am waiting on my good stuff to age.
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Sip on the best white and age the ok and good stuff, and rerun the feints.
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Prairiepiss wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:48 am Welcome aboard.

I wouldn’t be so quick in saying only aging the best you make. Sometimes aging a not so great product can make it a great product. What’s the harm in trying to age something that isn’t great? What are you going to loose? Maybe a little time? A little storage space? But you could gain a pretty nice tasting product.

And I don’t know about you. But I don’t want to be drinking my not so good stuff while I am waiting on my good stuff to age.
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Just following the rules.
I would like that. But it is a fairytale:

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