I will always be a novice distiller. Lol. Been at this game for 4 years and feel like I'm just scratching the surface of what I need to know.
I feel like my equipment is not great but ok. 3 gallon mighty mini while small suits me. It comes up to Temps fast and I don't have large chunks of time
I can dedicate to a 12 hr spirit run.
This site is invaluable and without it I'd be drinking shite. Lol
I've been at this for some time now. I run into stuff all the time that I don't know, like running a reflux still in 102f outside heat vs 55f heat. What now? I think you you can do this for 70 years and not figure it all out.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck
rubber duck wrote:I've been at this for some time now. I run into stuff all the time that I don't know, like running a reflux still in 102f outside heat vs 55f heat. What now? I think you you can do this for 70 years and not figure it all out.
+1, especially if you are experimenting with new concepts.
rubber duck wrote:I've been at this for some time now. I run into stuff all the time that I don't know, like running a reflux still in 102f outside heat vs 55f heat. What now? I think you you can do this for 70 years and not figure it all out.
+1, especially if you are experimenting with new concepts.
These forms are about teaching, but they are also about pushing the limits. That is a quote from mash rookie.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck
I look at my records and see that I do things differently now than what I did 30, 20, 10, 5 and less years ago and a lot of those records have notes reminding me what I should do different, or better, next time.
There are probably many comments on old threads that were made by posters who have moved on from what they thought at the time. The Parent site got a recent tidy up to get rid of obsolete and bad advice.
I'm with you, NSWiner.
I know my own still after these few years at it. But ask a question about a different process or another still and I'm lost.
Most days that's enough. Other days I wonder when I'll understand it all.
NSWiner wrote:I will always be a novice distiller. Lol. Been at this game for 4 years and feel like I'm just scratching the surface of what I need to know.
I feel like my equipment is not great but ok. 3 gallon mighty mini while small suits me. It comes up to Temps fast and I don't have large chunks of time
I can dedicate to a 12 hr spirit run.
This site is invaluable and without it I'd be drinking shite. Lol
So thanks all y'all.
Similar to you NSW, I'm not sure where I'd be if this site didn't exist.
There's always two types of people in the world. Those who realize the don't know everything, and probably never will. And those who rationalize what they see to fit what the already know. The former can grow, the latter cannot.
I don't think I'll get to the point where I understand everything, but I know enough to have a lot of fun, which is what it's about IMO.
