First sacrificial run

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First sacrificial run

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Hey everyone, i have a 15 gal beer keg pot still. I wanted to thank everyone here for the advice over the many years I have been reading and reading. I am now planning my first rum fermentation and I am excited to pull some drinkable product now.
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All that reading is getting ready to pay off.
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Lordy, 8 years of reading before you made a drop of likker? That's either commitment to education, or paralysis-by-analysis. either way, all that reading is about to come use.
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Thanks Deplorable 😊. We all have desires, this has been one for more then 8 years. I must be bat shit crazy its been on my mind since elementary science class lol. Plus doing it right the first time appeals to me. Never used fire went straight to an electric set up on 50 amps. Keep ya posted
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Good luck with your sac run Whiskey! 50A for a 15g should be a quick heatup lol. I also snuck my Fathers book “Moonshiners Manual” when I was a 13yo teen and have had this in mind ever since. Go figure...

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Outstanding my friend!
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I first got the itch in my undergrad organic chemistry lab. It took a lot of years before I started…
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Deplorable wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 5:55 pm Lordy, 8 years of reading before you made a drop of likker? That's either commitment to education, or paralysis-by-analysis. either way, all that reading is about to come use.
Hell Deplorable, my paralysis lasted almost as long. But I also blame my ADD.Took a pandemic to get me over the hump.
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