Newcomer - Pacific NW

[Sharkspirit]

Hello all!

That was a very interesting signup experience with the anti-bot question! I'm just glad there's no "You've maxed your 5 attempts for today! Your IP address has been blocked for 24 hours!"

My wife and I have been homebrewing beers for about 10 years now and over the last few months, we have been exploring spirits (whiskey, grappa, gin, vodka, rum, and tequila). We love our beers but we've immersed ourselves in it for a very long time and have been wanting a fresh change of pace. We've visited a few distilleries in the area and signed up for a 2 day class to gain a better understanding of how it works. I know that brewing is very different than distilling in many ways but there are a few parallels.

Right now, I'm at the stage of researching about equipment; pot stills vs reflux stills; we really appreciate our vodka and gin over the whiskeys. I do love rum, my wife is impartial to tequila. Our end game is really to expand our knowledge and appreciation of spirits.

Pleased to meet y'all!

[cranky]

Welcome aboard FootHome
This is a great place to learn and there are plenty of members here from the PNW

[OtisT]

Welcome. You found the right spot to learn all about hobby distilling. A few quick tips from your PNW neighbor:

- Read Crankey's Spoon feeding thread in its entirety. link in my footer.
- Use the "HD Google Search" to search for specific topics of interest. link on top right toolbar.
- The home page is a great one time read through for end to end overview of distilling.
- Check out the Calcs pages from the parent site.

Have Fun. Otis

[fizzix]

Hiya FootHome. "Add to the 3rd number..." or something like that in the sign up got me too. It wasn't clear; 3rd number in the sample or 3rd number in the list?
But we're not robots and we're here.
You may find distilling a little simpler than beer brewing.
No hops. No carbonating. No bottle caps or pressurized kegs. Cleanliness, but no sanitizing. Make a (proven) recipe and boil that sucker!

The finesse comes in choosing a still, cleaning it, and learning how to run it.
HD Google Search above, as Otis mentioned, is your best friend.

We welcome you and your wife to Home Distiller!

[Hilltop]

Welcome to HD. Tequila is something I have never played with. Wish you well in your future endeavors.

[jon1163]

welcome to both of you from near Seattle

[Bushman]

Welcome, lots of us from the PNW!

[Sharkspirit]

Thanks everyone! I work in the IT field, so I'm pretty familiar with Google Search. I've also been a member of the homebrew association and participated in their forums, I understand the frustration when newcomers come around asking a question that's been asked a thousand times already.

Thanks for all the links and references, especially Otis. It's a great start already, been doing some reading for the past couple hours. At first, the whole concept of making cuts was pretty intimidating until I started reading the guides that Otis provided.

Looking forward to hanging around and getting this hobby kick-started!

[MM-Brew]

Welcome. There a ton of information here with people that have lots of experience. FYI There is quite few of us PNWers here.