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Heavy stuff, that.

Geoff

harold01 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 3:25 am I was wondering when the pants and braces will be back in fashion

I've been wearing braces since my waistline disappeared...

Geoff

Happened to my ginger beer when I was a kid.

Geoff

How do you turn it on/off with no on/off switch? Plug it in to an outlet/unplug it. Very simple. I have joined a community woodworking group (Man's Shed). Their strict rule is to turn machinery off at the on/off switch. As was said, if someone turns it on at the wall switch, and the on/ off switch ...

I am not sure I understand it, but gee it's pretty!

Geoff

Sorry for your loss, subbrew.

My wife passed last November so I feel for you.

And yes, at 83 I have had the conversations...

Geoff

Like it Stonecutter.
And the little pictures you can click on:
Fred Morrison the piper,
and Sergei Nakariakov the trumpeter.
Magic.

Geoff

There is a legal term, dies non, which means the days that are not counted...

Geoff

That's the one, yummyrum.

Geoff

Travelling a different road, as usual.
On you tube:

Polyphony: Motets and Madrigals (15th - 20th Century .

Easy listening.

Geoff

Probably the situation where federal law overrides state law will still apply...

Geoff

MooseMan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:50 am I'm sure all of that would work Geoff, to an extent at least. Does sound a bit of a faff though.

All I'm doing is getting further use out of the energy that I'm already having to put into the still anyway.

Yes, I'm a tight ass!

The explanation is much longer than the experiment.
Geoff

WiAppleOak wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:40 pm You may want to look into pommeau. It's more or less pressed juice dosed with brandy and then aged.

I could look into that...
Commercial apple juice from the supermarket, preservative shouldn't matter?
And I have plenty of brandy from wine that was past its prime.

Geoff

TwoHedWlf said, 'I've used methanol in the containers on its own'. I think you would mean 'feints'. The idea that the first liquid off the still is methanol has been discredited for a long time now. Incidentally my son used to buy 205 litre drums of actual methanol when he was making diesel from use...

Some have suggested slightly less ripe lemons if I remember right.

Geoff

I wonder how effective a vacuum chamber would be at removing any moisture from the wood. Not everyone owns a vacuum pump & chamber , but it should be more energy efficient if it would actually work. Just suppose you warmed the wood somewhat (dead cold would work against the plan); And suppose y...

You could use an old copper wash boiler insert.
No solder, they are just shaped.
Tried to copy and paste but that didn't work for me.

Geoff

1-2qts frozen strawberries white granulated sugar bottle of clear brandy or vodka lemon juice I'm planning to try making a batch of limoncello this weekend, so after removing the peels I'll have a bunch of lemons left. I was thinking of trying this recipe except with lemons. Anyone tried/have any t...

Yeah, I ran quite a lot in '22. There is 45 gallons of last years Pinot that has not been sulfited that I could run, but I already have enough brandy to last a while. All the wine in bottles has had sulfite added, so they are out. I made what seems to me to be nice brandy out of ordinary bottles of...

Dunno quite how anyone goes this far through life without knowing who all three are. kinda easy. weird thing is i don't really recognize anybody, save people i see like all the time. even people from high school that i knew well for years. I've sat in las vegas and chatted with actors and thought &...

Dougmatt wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:27 pm

The Baker wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:10 am I don't do social media.

Geoff

This board is a form of social media….. so yes you do

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Okay, Doug.

Geoff

If you have piped gas propane may be the go. Bottled, probably not. Depends on the price too. Geoff Bottled propane is all we’ve got access to in my area. It’s the standard $20 to fill a gas grill sized tank. It’s really tempting to just say screw it and go with gas for the time being since it’s a ...

If you have piped gas propane may be the go.
Bottled, probably not.
Depends on the price too.

Geoff

And the fun part will be building out the new shed as the dust settles and the maiden run in the new shed. I'm moving from a crowded subdivision out to the sticks here pretty soon myself. The wife already gave me the go-ahead to build a dedicated still shed so now I'm trying to figure out what the ...

I don't do social media.

Geoff

Years ago bakery mixing bowls, which commonly mixed 150 lb of flour into dough, were tinned. And a fellow used to call from time to time to re-tin them. By wiping hot solder on the surface. Solder which contained lead. And when he was finished he collected his money and retired to the pub. So anythi...

I've been searching old NZ newspapers of the era. Bakers and householders were getting their yeast from brewers and distillers. I would speculate that they were using cultures imported from Europe, mainly Germany. When I started my baker's apprenticeship, in 1958, the master said his father used to...

Computer fuction baker. I'm not good at translating whats in my brain and what comes out as text, didn't mean to sound rude about elderly member's. I've learnt all o have from the older generation. Its where I'm heading now but dont have knowledge to hand down :lolno: Hell, I'm happy. Just didn't k...

We have had severe bushfire smoke damage in wine in this district from time to time. And the wine is awful. I have made brandy (not sure if it is Good brandy but I like it) from unsaleable wine both red and white. But I can't remember if any of that was smoke damaged. Renkoekk's comment was interest...

Miss you, goo.

Geoff