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train
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Hello there. I am new to HD. Been reading articles and posts for a year. The newbie section has contained some good information that I have used. I have been using this site for help in learning this hobby for a year and it has been great. I'm now looking into increasing the size of my still to an 8 or 15 gallon capacity pot still for whiskey's and rums. The tried and true recipe section is great such as Rad's All Bran recipe. I use it for small batches often. Just thought I would share some info about me.

I know that I am new and this may be out of place but something that would have really helped me (outside of the search feature) would to have a section of the board dedicated to definition of terms, parts, stills, etc. This I believe would help the lurker reading hundreds of pages understand the info being shared a little better. I know it would have myself.

Anyways, on to great drinks everyone!!!
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Single Malt Yinzer
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Welcome! That's a good idea, I'll get on it.
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Welcome train,
I agree a terms list is a good thing, but at the same time, I feel like I really benefited from just reading things in context until the terms just 'made sense'. That's about how long it takes to really get a good sense of how this stuff works. By the time all the terminology made sense, I was about ready to safely proceed with putting my still together and doing some testing. If you keep at it, it will come together.
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Hello train.
Here's SOME help: Glossary of Terms

Welcome to Home Distiller!
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Welcome, it's all here and as mentioned it comes together through your own research and doing.
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fizzix wrote:Hello train.
Here's SOME help: Glossary of Terms

Welcome to Home Distiller!
Thanks for sharing that.
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