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Fair enough! You won't hear me making comments about the site again.

Well said blanikdog.......I totally agree with what you are saying. Just so you will know, I am a administrator of several forums and social networking sites and completely understand how F%$#ken frustrating it is to deal with people that can't even be bothered to read 4 words, let alone a whole pos...

I understand perfectly where you are coming from, and I myself find it annoying if people don't help themselves. All I am saying is certain members on here are downright rude to newbies, which in the long run is going to defeat your purpose of having a forum that teaches safety, newbies will be too ...

I would just like to put my 2 cents worth in here, as I can see BOTH sides of this arguement, and tend to agree with both of you. I too am one of those novices that come on in here and ask stupid questions. Now it is not because I dont try finding the answers first in the forum, because I DO Like to...

Thanks guys for the salutations! Heres what I did. I put 6kg of sugar to 23L of water and then added 1 pack of SUPER BREW yeast with nutrients included. A little bit too much sugar, thats why it took 3 weeks to stop fermenting. When it finally stopped fermenting it was about 1/2 inch below the 990 m...

After all the hassles I had with my wash (3 weeks) and the boubon has turned out the BEST I have ever tasted. Im no expert, to me bourbon is bourbon, but this stuff tasted soooooooooo much better than my usual commercial stuff (Old Crow) that I drink. It is silky smooth, gives u a real nice buzz and...

Well I ran my 1st wash thru the still last night, I put 10litres of wash and got 1400mls of 92% alcohol. I will keep it for cleaning and sterilizing things. I have just started distilling the other 13 litres, once thats done, I will run it through the carbon filter and add the ageing cream and bourb...

+1 @ smoke

Huh????

I have a eurostill 30-2 from spirits unlimited

That link only takes me to a long list of posts which post are you talking?

I see what you are saying Rad14701 about your safety guidelines and Im on your side, I was just commenting what the manufacture had said to me. For all I know the person on the other end of the phone could be a newbie and has no idea what they are talking about. What you guys say makes perfect sense...

Well heres an update about using a brand new "Modern" still. I just rang up the manufacture and asked about whether it was necessary to sacrifice the 1st wash through the still and they said not at all. I told them that I had read that it was necessary to wash out the still of welding flux...

Na its still bubbling away without stirring 11days later, twiddles thumbs and whistles.......I might have to buy another bucket and some more sugar and start again. As this is real boring waiting for this to stop bubbling.

THANKS rad14701

It is foaming whenever I give it a stir, anything I can do about that?

OK Guys, you have convinced me to sacrifice it to the still god. Just double checking here before I do this I need to use 6% wash and the rest water and only quarter fill my still with that ratio of liquids? If this is correct 1. How long should I distill it for from when it 1st starts dripping out,...

What happens if I only do the vinegar and water run, and not do the sacraficial run of fermented wash and water? Will it make me sick or just taste crap? How much vinegar should I use in the water and how much sacrifical wash with the water? UPDATE: Well it looks like I am going to have to sacrifice...

If this is your first run in a new still and you plan on drinking it. Dump it after you run it! Belongs to the angles. If it's for an engine, guess the angles are SOL! ArkyJ Should you not drink your first batch in a new still? Is it dangerous? I did do a test run with just water for 1 hr to see ho...

Im sorry I know nothing about the Turbo 500, as I was given my euro30 for free from the father in law. Though the Turbo 500 sounds pretty good, if I was buying I'd pay the extra $100, especially if I had a water supply problem.

Cheers
Johnboy

Hey Johnboy...Out Doctors Point Way here, just north of Dunners. I snuck in a first post yesterday before joining this morning. I'm considering replacing my Euro 5, with what you have, ie the 30. Have you produced anything yet? The 5 works well, nice, clean spirit, but tiny amount, ie 1, 40% bottle...

It will get you some booze, probably not brialliant though given the stress on the yeast. Depnding on your rig, see if you can take out some of the packing that is currently in your collumn and replace it with (cleaned) copper pot scrubber - preferably at the bottom of the collumn. It will help cle...

Welcome smoothshinejack

Good to see another Dunedinite on here.
That Spirits Unlimited is where my still came from as well, it must be a popular place. I have the eurostill 30 with the dual power.

Good luck with your 1st batch, you will get lots of helpful advice on here, it's a great forum.

Hey THANKS everyone for the feedback it's great you guys answer so quickly and with good advice. YEA I know I should not have put in the extra KG of sugar, but I had it left over, as I had read somewhere that I needed 7kg, but that was wrong. So when I poured in the 5kg bag I had a 2kg bag to go, th...

Thank You!!! .....Titus-a-fishus for your prompt reply, I can rest easy now that I know I haven't destroyed my 1st batch.....PHEW! Yes I know the more I read and play around and experiment the more I will understand, I am learning that in a tobacco forum at the moment, I am curing my 1st crop in var...

Hey what a cool forum, you all sound like a nice bunch of folks. Ok I am a total newbie who was just given a brand new 25L still with all the accessories(Note: it was stored in a garage for 5 years from new), who loves drinking bourbon quite regularly everyday after 5pm. OK keen as I was, to start s...