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What is the deal with arkies and distilling?

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Welcome Jenny. I heard stories of my Gmaw as a little girl hearing a knock on the door late at night when her dad ran the areas grind mill. She said there would sometimes be a lil bottle in the bottom of the sack of ground grain...

This is why I am reading, reading, reading, the "touch" test for heat described above is experienced hands doing the job. I like it.

I have never run a batch, but I would certainly be interested in hearing about a run made with it...

In a book I bought on bread making the author suggest that any yeast culture bought from exotic locations will be overtaken with-in two or three generations from the natural cultures found in the areas where you live. The book is "The Bread Making Apprentice" I have made many sourdough sta...

rad14701 wrote:

losthog wrote:I thought that kegs were aluminum...

That's so 70's..

Yes, kegs used to be aluminum but have been made from stainless steel for many years... Aluminum kegs a very rare these days...

Shows how old I am I guess. Standard beer kegs can be bought fairly cheep...

I found this really great site with lots of info on a subject I am interested in learning more about...Its free.

This is something I am interested in also. Where is the tipping point in having a boiler and set up large enough to have room for error in distillation and small enough to escape the all seeing eye of suspicion. I wanted to run a 50 gal boiler, but I have heard that it is a large system. 50 Gallon ...

This is something I am interested in also. Where is the tipping point in having a boiler and set up large enough to have room for error in distillation and small enough to escape the all seeing eye of suspicion. I wanted to run a 50 gal boiler, but I have heard that it is a large system.

This is an excellent post and puts my mind to rest about one danger of this craft. This is worthy of a bump back to the top.

I am glad I found this place. I have been reading for hours a day for 4-5 days. I think I could make a run from memory by now. Just waiting on the money for the build.

Safe Running.

Chops or scratch either one should be just corn...

Are you suggesting that you are using an all corn ferment with out an active yeast culture? I assume it is like making sourdough bread. A little flour and water mixed and left on the counter will eventually ferment. I am going to start with a small batch to build the culture and add the started batc...

I'm assumin ya got some Gatlinburg shine made by the Smoky Mtn Distillery. Well, not to far from there they busted a fella just the other day and his still was a LOT smaller than the 50-100 gal you're talkin bout. He had about 50 gal a shine and now he's in jail. Glad you're reconsiderin that. Them...

Thinking of my first build, I plan to use a copper boiling pot. Mostly due to the ease of working with the metal compared to SS. (I can Weld copper and have the tools to do so). That being said. I have heard that the copper oxidation should be cleaned out of the boiling pot. How is a boil pot kept c...

Thanks, I did not ralize that a 100 or 50 gal boil pot was big.

I will stick to something that will not get me in trouble. Thanks for the heads up.

I have been reading and will try something simple to start out like making a mash.

I am like most here and interested in creating some homebrew for personal consumption. Being a Southernboy by the grace of God, I think to start I should find a way to create a clear corn likker. I watched the popcorn video series, and plan to built that kind of still. Suggestions are always welcome...