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Mr Stinky Fish
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G'day there all. Long time lurker first time poster, and what a brilliant place to get educted on distilling!

I'm a Paramedic and Dad of two great kids. I started to get interested in making spirits last year during lockdown.

My first "washes" have come from my aquarium CO2 reactors. If anyone is interested, I'll write up a bit about them. Molasses, water and yeast in a 2 liter bottle, replaced every two weeks. Basically I use the CO2 as a nutrient for my aquarium plants and keep the wash til I've got enough to make rum :D (I like the efficiency of the system as well as the byproduct to drink)

Anyway, cheers to all!
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Welcome Stinky fish. I love the idea of using the CO2 reactors to make rum - its a great way to recycle :thumbup: ( now if only I had a 100L bottle and a shark tank :D ).
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Welcome, I would like more detail in the appropriate thread to better understand what you are doing. Pictures explaining the process is always welcome.
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Rum Agol wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:32 am Welcome Stinky fish. I love the idea of using the CO2 reactors to make rum - its a great way to recycle :thumbup: ( now if only I had a 100L bottle and a shark tank :D ).
Hey Rum Agol, yeah I like that aspect of it too. The reactors are a good teaching tool for kids too. They come and tell me when it stops bubbling!
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Bushman wrote: Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:44 am Welcome, I would like more detail in the appropriate thread to better understand what you are doing. Pictures explaining the process is always welcome.
G'day Bushman, I took some pics and am happy to do a little write up. I see your an admin, could you suggest a good area to post please?
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Your write up can go in several places I would suggest either the Novice Distillers, or since you use it for Rum maybe the rum forum.
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Bushman wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:48 am Your write up can go in several places I would suggest either the Novice Distillers, or since you use it for Rum maybe the rum forum.
Working on it now, thanks for your interest. I'll add a link here when it's up :thumbup:
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