Totally uninitiated but distilling-curious. Had a specific question to ask, but I have considerable reading to do first.
Turns out the answer to my question is hotly disputed here, so not sure I'm ever going to get a satisfactory answer, but I will try after complying with the "Read This First" rules.
Uninitiated
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Welcome Aboard HB2
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Hey HB welcome to HD!
Reading is a great plan and very likely to satisfy your curiosity. It's a deep rabbit hole, so make sure you're sitting somewhere comfortable lol Ask good questions when you're ready.
Have fun, play safe!
Reading is a great plan and very likely to satisfy your curiosity. It's a deep rabbit hole, so make sure you're sitting somewhere comfortable lol Ask good questions when you're ready.
Have fun, play safe!
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Welcome. you'll be fine, plenty of info to dig through
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Re: Uninitiated
You will find answers here, and as you have noticed sometimes more than one. That is not a bad thing, many things in life can be accomplished in more than one manner with neither one being "the right way". In those cases it gives you options to choose what will work best for your set up, time, etc. Or experiment with multiple methods, or make combinations.
I see this hobby similar to home brewing 25 years ago. Home brewing drove a lot of the innovation in beer styles and even some methods. Some like brew in a bag do not scale up but many of the flavors and styles have. This happened because of the low risk and low cost of failure associated with home brewing compared to commercial. If a home brewer makes something that taste like crap, oh well, dump it and you are out perhaps $50. And you don't even have to tell anyone. On the commercial scale the cost is more, the equipment was tied up when it could have been producing something saleable and there is reputation risk to the brewer. Same here, as long as you are safe, experiment. You produce something that taste like cleaner, use it to start a bonfire as you plan your next try. But I also suspect we will see flavors and new liquors never heard of before as the hobby grows and a few home distillers become commercial craft distillers. So have fun, who knows where it will lead
I see this hobby similar to home brewing 25 years ago. Home brewing drove a lot of the innovation in beer styles and even some methods. Some like brew in a bag do not scale up but many of the flavors and styles have. This happened because of the low risk and low cost of failure associated with home brewing compared to commercial. If a home brewer makes something that taste like crap, oh well, dump it and you are out perhaps $50. And you don't even have to tell anyone. On the commercial scale the cost is more, the equipment was tied up when it could have been producing something saleable and there is reputation risk to the brewer. Same here, as long as you are safe, experiment. You produce something that taste like cleaner, use it to start a bonfire as you plan your next try. But I also suspect we will see flavors and new liquors never heard of before as the hobby grows and a few home distillers become commercial craft distillers. So have fun, who knows where it will lead
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Run it!If a home brewer makes something that taste like crap, oh well, dump it
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Welcome to the forum.Hambone II wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:28 am Turns out the answer to my question is hotly disputed here, so not sure I'm ever going to get a satisfactory answer, but I will try after complying with the "Read This First" rules.
If something is hotly disputed here, it's often because a newbie doesn't understand some simple physics or chemistry and is a convert of some Youtuber who doesn't understand that what he's preaching to the masses is flawed. When that happens, the best thing you can do is research the subject from a scientific source, rather than choosing a side or surfing Youtube.
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Welcome, make a good reading then ask your questions as well, don't fear
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Welcome to HD! Noble name, BTW…
Good judgement is the result of experience.
Experience is usually the result of bad judgement..
Experience is usually the result of bad judgement..