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Swedish Pride wrote: Tue Sep 08, 2020 3:58 am I myself was looking at trying it and saw that thread ( cant find it now though) and said fuck it, I'm not going through that heartache
Epic.

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More notable than quotable...
With this post I go to 2200 total posts...who would have ever thunked it ! ! 1
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And very helpful posts, too, kiwi Bruce.

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kiwi Bruce wrote: Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:35 am More notable than quotable...
With this post I go to 2200 total posts...who would have ever thunked it ! ! 1
Ya just try to be helpful and entertaining and it plumb gets away from you .
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Saltbush Bill wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:40 pm You can read theory untill the cows come home....at the end of the day its experience and results that count......my experience and results say I' ll stand by shadys ideas on the subject.
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zapata wrote: Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:33 pm Seriously though, I get it. I trust you that you think it's good. Drink what makes your soulshine. But we all know exactly what it tastes like. And all but like 2 or 3 of us run that shit again. Turns out you can actually polish a turd.
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Truckinbutch wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:43 pm You can't make this shit up . Fact is stranger than truth .
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shadylane wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:21 pm Keep it small, during the learning process.
You can learn more from several small attempts.
Than you can from one large fuck up. :lol:
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LWTCS wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:44 pm The more I read (and experience) the less I know.
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I claim this one for myself:

I coined this after a failed business investment.

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jb-texshine wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:09 pm
MitchyBourbon wrote:Imagine if you absorbed a taco through your skin... it would probably kill you.
That's actually how we eat tacos in Texas...
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tiramisu wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:08 pm There is no technology that replaces aging in a barrel. The sooner you start the less likely it will still be in the barrel when you die.
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Truckinbutch wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:00 pm
"No lazy man ever made whiskey ." Simmie Free quote in 'The Foxfire Books'
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acfixer69 wrote: Tue Nov 02, 2021 6:57 pm Welcome to HD the right place to learn the right way.
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whiskymonster wrote: ↑
Working the big girl is a completely different kettle of fish though.
🎱 The struggle is real and this rabbit hole just got interesting.
Per a conversation I had with Mr. Jay Gibbs regarding white oak barrel staves: “…you gotta get it burning good.”
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quote of the year... maybe decade? thx SaltyStaves!! :-)

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SaltyStaves wrote:
"HD will be like the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff for many new people"

i just wanted to bring to attention a quote from a locked thread. since i couldn't quote him in the thread, i'll post a new one w/ it. it's from a discussion/topic i won't get into (those who know will know). ;-) but this quote... this quote is classic, epic even. that is all...

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Twisted Brick wrote: Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:18 pm
Making cuts on single-run turbo hooch is akin to filtering muddy water with a strainer. A second distillation purifies and aligns alcoholic constituents in a condensed, more linear fashion.
That deserves a quote :thumbup:
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SBB always has some “colorful” perspectives for our hobby:
Saltbush Bill wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:07 am… Making neutral with a pot still is like trying to have sex with a sock on ya donga…
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still_stirrin wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 9:35 pm Buy a cheap Chinese still, watch a few Youtubes, make a sugar wash, and BOOM … you’re a Moonshiner!
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The Baker wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:19 am What kinds of shells? Sea shells? Egg shells? Oyster shells?

Yes.

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RockinRockies wrote: Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:59 pm The more I read, the more I try, the less I swear I know. I really thought I had things down and now I feel I'm back to square one
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+1 Cob
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Yummyrum wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:02 pm Thermometers don’t drink . That is why we use our Tongue and Nose to make these decisions.
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Regarding still safety and the mistakes we can make.
EricTheRed wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:54 am Lessons learn't
1 - Don't get distracted - even if you are in the same room!
2 - Don't get distracted - even if you are in the same room!!
3 - Don't get distracted - even if you are in the same room!!!
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Newtothis wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 8:05 am The flavor and smell are great. Super Smokey with some nice sweet corn notes, a little salty. I think it tastes amazing and could sip on the white dog all day (if I didn’t have to work and liked my liver).

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T-Pee wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:05 am I think PP said that so it's good enuff for me.

I kinda figger lower and slower would be the better way to go. So far it's worked well at 55% for me.

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This from the opening paragraph from The Inventions And Customs Of The Ancients And Moderns In The Use And Manufacture Of Inebriating Liquors:

"Among these, the preservation of fruit and their juices, however rudely practiced, might have led the use of inebriating drink; a beverage which, as will hereafter be shewn, has been discovered by some of the moist savage nations, and deemed a luxury by the almost universal testimony of mankind"
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shadylane wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:42 am I'd save a liter for drinking, then redistill the rest.
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