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Realized I was asking too many questions in the welcome center that can be answered with more and more and more reading. Apologies to all and thanks for the info.

Makes sense. Would there still be foreshots on a 2nd or 3rd run? Is there foreshots in every run no matter what? Sorry for asking dumb questions. I just wanna make sure that when I do make my 1st run, it's gonna be a goodin!

Thank you all for the info. Alot of research to do and alot of learning. Excited to make some good spirits!! One thing I read but can't remember and can't seem to find it again, was about an abv being over or under a certain percentage for safety reasons. I can't remember the percentage or the proce...

Thank you all. Good stuff. Definitely gonna run a sugar wash first, but all the reading on here has got my gears turning for future spirits without getting too far ahead of myself. Alot of info on here.

I'm a newbie building a keg still and was wondering if I made a 30 gallon wash, would I be able to run it in 3 seperate runs in 10 gallon batches and if the wash would still be good till I ran it all? Any advice for info would be appreciated. Thank you

Good deal. A little guidance is always Good. Thank you.

Do I need to mill or grind malted barley and malted rye for making shine? If so, what can I use to make it the right consistency. Thank you.

Thanks everyone. A cleaning port is a good idea. I've had the keg for a while and it has sat empty for a few years. I recently took it apart.

Making a still out of a beer keg and want to make sure its clean and sterilized. Any advice on what i should use that won't effect the mash?

Ok. Thanks so much. I'm new at this and didn't realize that

Thank you everyone for the advice. I have a couple questions. If I add a thumper, which I would like to eventually, would I lose alcohol as it condenses while the thumper is warming up? Or would it vapor again once the thumper gets up to temperature? Also, if i do a second run, would there be mpre h...

To start, I'm just using a beer keg with a liebig with copper mesh in the column. Gonna run it 10 gallons.

Drilling shine has been a tradition in my family and as most of the shiners in the family has passed on, seems they took their secrets with them. So I'm on a mission to pick up where they left off, but without their knowledge which will be something I'll figure out myself. I know the taste since my ...