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This forum is used by 1000's of people from dozens of countries. Please observe the rules, we all want to get along and contribute in a graceful manner.
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** Welcome Center **
New to distillation, or simply new to the HD forums.
** Your first post MUST go here. Introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your interest in distilling. Any posts asking distilling questions will be deleted. **
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What Not To Use/Do
Post here whats not safe to do or use.
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My First .....
Many like to post about a first successful ferment (or first all grain mash), or first still built/bought or first good run of the still. Tell us about all of these great times here.
Pics are VERY welcome, we drool over pretty copper
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Recipe Development
Grain bills and instruction for all manner of alcoholic beverages.
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Mashing and Fermenting
Production methods from starch to sugars.
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Mashing, fermenting, flavoring and aging related hardware
Any hardware used for mashing, fermenting or aging.
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Yeasts, Enzymes, Fungi, Nutrients
These little beasts do all the hard work. Share how to keep 'em happy and working hard.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Information about fruit/vegetable type washes.
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Grains
All about grains. Malting, smoking, grinding and other preparations.
Which grains are hot, which are not.
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Fruit and grain season is here
Discussions of fruits, veggies and grains other then just mashing
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Sugar
Sugar, and all about sugar washes. Where the primary ingredient is sugar, and other things are just used as nutrients.
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Flavoring and Aging
Treatment and handling of your distillate.
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Absinthe
All about absinthe
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Gin
All things to do with making of gin
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Grappa
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Liqueurs
Sweetened spirits with various flavors
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Rum
Anything to do with rum
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Whiskey
All styles of whiskey. This is for all-grain mashes.
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Shared Recipes
Forum to share your beverage recipes. Feel free to post recipes in this forum, they will be locked. Posts should have complete recipes with all ingredients and directions fully explained. Any comments or questions will have to be started under new topic. This forum is for family recipes or recipes that you have tried and want to share with others, relating to our hobby only.
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Beer, and Wine
Alcoholic beverages which are not classified as spirits.
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Research and Theory
Distillation methods and improvements.
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Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
Simple pot still distillation and construction with or without a thumper.
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Column Builds
Vapor, Liquid or Cooling Management. Flutes, plates, etc.
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Continuous Stripping stills
We don’t condone the use of Continuous Stripping stills as a method of running 24/7 as this is a commercial setup only .
Home distillers should never leave any still run unattended and Continuous strippers should not be operated for longer periods than a Batch stripping session would typically be run to minimise operator fatigue..
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Condensers/Cooling Methods
Anything cooling/condenser related.
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Boilers
In our view 30 gallons and under is considered hobby size. Do not bring anything larger than this to our site.
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The Construction Site
Post your builds here.
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Still Related Hardware
Fittings, parrots, packing, tooling and so on.
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Related Electric Accessories
If it plugs in, post it here.
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Related Gas Accessories
LP, NG, gas burners of all types. Wood, coal or Steam equipment.
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Steam Mashing and Distilling
Steam powered cooking and distillation devices.
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Craft Distillers
Place for craft/micro distillers in all stages of build to show and share.
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Resources and Reviews
Research sources, reviews and links to information relating to distillation.
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Legalization of Home Distilling
Discussion and plans for legalizing our hobby.
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Distilling News
Anything about distilling ya read in news.
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Essential Oils
All things related to oils and Hydrosols. How to make them and their uses.
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Alcohol as Fuel
Alcohol is an inexpensive, clean and renewable fuel source.
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History and Folklore
The long and storied history of distilled spirits.
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Off-Topic Discussion
Little or nothing to do with distillation.
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My Journey Down The Rabbit Hole
Discussing personal experience's of getting into distilling sprits .
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Other Hobbies and Projects
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Wiki Editors
Discussions pertaining to the homedistiller wiki.
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Drinks and Drinking
What do you drink, and how do you drink it?
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Favorite Food Recipes
Place for any food recipes that ya want to share
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Meet & Mingle & Events
This forum is for posting announcements for upcoming meetings or events.
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The Angel's Share
We remember and honor our users who helped make HD what it is today and have since passed on.

Memorial posts only. If you want to ask about potential Angel's Share members, please do it in Off-Topic Discussion.
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Testing 1-2-3
The place to try out features like smilies, colored text, etc. Please delete your posts when you are done playing. (all topics expire after 7 days)
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