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Used to watch my grandpa and a friend who I knew as "Uncle Sidney" run a pot still in an old barn when I was about 7 or 8. Didn't really pay much attention to it back then and the funny thing was my paw worked in law enforcement his whole life. I just opened some Muscadine wine I bottled b...

Joined HDA this morning Rick. Thanks for yours and everyone else's hard work. Hope others do the same.

You talking logic Dan. Remember you dealing with politicians, all logic goes out the window when you deal with those folks. They're on a different planet than me and you.

You start tryin to convince lawmakers to approve unlimited size boilers and all this hard work is gonna die right then and there!

Welcome to the site! I like seeing a coonass on here.

Gotta agree with wv cooker and stainless dude on this one. The man is trying his best to push for the very thing that everyone on this forum dreams of and most of the members who posted are doing nothing but beating him down. I see nothing wrong with asking people to pay a fee, this kinda thing ain'...

+1 deezil, bout 4 or 5 inches in the bottom of a 6 gallon bucket does just fine for me. If your an over achiever though the calculations above will work too!

Like Irish Enigma said, most if not all the people that know I make it think it's legal for personal use and I don't tell em no different!

Leave it be, when it finishes workin off it'll fall.

I pull off the top layer of corn which has usually turned kinda white, amounts to about 2 cups usually. Replace with same amount fresh. You should already have a yeast bed in the bottom. They're still alive, assuming you leave a little bit of liquid in the bottom and don't add your water when it's t...

Yes you will lose some flavor the second time around

Spent years trying to get good shine and every time some one gave me "good shine" it was the most rancid crap I ever put in my mouth, like ass in a bottle. Don't ask how I know what that taste like. So I figured if you want something done right do it yourself. That's when I found HD, got s...

I do it the same way as Dakota snake. Keep a little from the middle to quench my thirst until I get up enough low wines for a spirit run. Only time I single run is if I'm making brandy and thats cause I want max flavor.

Take the advice you are being given and pay attention . There is literally thousands of years of experience on this forum, there is no need to get info. anywhere else but here. Try some recipes in the TnT section. You can't go wrong that's why they're called tried and true. Get some experience with ...

+1 odin Most of the time the only thing I use airlocks for is wine cause it's gonna sit for a few months clearing before I bottle it. I got a couple a old beds sheets I fold up and lay over my buckets unless it's gonna be a couple a weeks before I get to it then I might put an airlock on it. In fact...

Took me a long time to learn how true that saying was LWTCS. I tell my two teenagers the same thing today but I'm a realist and I know they'll learn the hard way just like I did.

The worst was in 1995. Went to the bar with my wife and got told by one of her girlfriends she could drink more tequila shots than I could. That wasn't happening. Next thing I know I was trying to fight my best friend because he was dancing with my wife after I told him I didn't mind. Threw up outsi...

Post some pics of your setup or give us some more info. and we'll be able to help u a lot better. What is the recipe your using? Some washes I dont bother clearing if theres no solids suspended such as BW but if theres solids i usually rack and let settle.. I'm not a reflux runner but I know the ref...

Bought a MK5500 element/controller from hd member mule kicker he's got em in the classified section. It was the best thing I ever did and I run it in the laundry room. I knew she'd never find it in there!

I used to be a sheriffs deputy ain't been one for about 20 years but I used to be. Flame me if u want I dont care. Now I'm a engineer. I would tell yall what all I know but its so much info im afraid it would crash the site!

Did you let it finish workin off? If there was unfermented sugar left in your wash or you overfilled your boiler it'll puke on ya.

"I am also starting a second batch today with just the sugar and water and turbo yeast as recoomended." As rad already pointed out, ditch the turbo yeast, go with bakers yeast and use a recipe from the TnT section. You can get it at any grocery store cheap. Also you can taste the wash. If ...

No need for a thermo on a pot still. Dont worry about the temps, put the heat to it and when you start gettin product back heat down until you get a solid/broken stream if collecting for drinking. If stripping run, as fast as your condensor can handle and still knock down all the vapor. Cuts should ...

Welcome to HD! There's some rum recipes in the TnT section. Haven't tried any of em but if there in that section there proven. Also read member BuccaneerBob's rum recipe in his signature. It sounds really good. Good luck be safe and have fun.

One of my all time favorites!

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Let ferment on the grain don't strain it. Once fermented to dry rack it into still leaving trub in bucket. Replace some grain doesnt have to be much. After running put about 2 gals of backset into fermenter(assuming a 5 gal wash)dissolve proper among of sugar in hot water and top up. Let backset and...

John Barleycorn has a great document over on the Brewhaus forum that he's finalized for anyone interested in sending it too your politicians. Very well written, about as professional as you can get IMO. I am sending it to my state congressman and senators, maybe representatives too if postage doesn'...

Congratulations on making the TnT with your recipe Odin! I got 5 gals of low wines I'm getting ready to run of CW. Gonna dilute below 40% with some backset. Only problem is I dumped some stale Cheerios I had in with the cornflakes and I saw in a previous post where you added oats in with your cornfl...

Another option is too do stripping runs until you have enough low wines for a spirit run and dilute the low wines with backset from previous runs. Which is what I'm about to do with Odin's Cornflake Whiskey recipe. This will add some flavor. We could go on and on, the possibilities are really endless!

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They have an app for your phone. This and Jack Keller is where I go.