Burning the midnight oil

Post by **stillvodka** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:01 pm

Hello ,

Knowing the legality of our Hobby, What time does most of your distilling take place, does anyone feel that the only time has to be at night/ Burning the midnight oil ?

Big J · Post by **Big J** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:10 pm

I love sitting outside in the sun, listening to the distillate drip, tasting as I go along.

Its daytime for me.

Cheers,
J

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:38 pm

Freetime

pothead · Post by **pothead** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:46 pm

Grayson_Stewart wrote:Freetime

me too

I like to start early in the morning and run till the wife starts gettin pissy, (usually about 1 full run)

Aidas · Post by **Aidas** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:00 pm

Weekends. Daytime. Home. It doesn't get much better than that.

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:48 pm

I usually start before noon and end in the moonlight. usually late. I get one day every couple of weeks to work on this...

hornedrhodent · Post by **hornedrhodent** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:00 am

="junkyard dawg"
I usually start before noon and end in the moonlight. usually late. I get one day every couple of weeks to work on this...

First quarter and full moon would be OK but it must be a really long day for the last quarter.

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:11 pm

I like to start early in the morning and run till the wife starts gettin pissy, (usually about 1 full run)

That's pretty much how I do it too.....it seem's women all over just don't understand the importance of this hobby.

jmc91199 · Post by **jmc91199** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:18 pm

For me it is 8pm till i'm done usually around midnight. I need to wait for the kids to be in bed. No need for little hands and feet around a hot still. Besides, The little buggers ask too many questions and would probably rat me out by accident. Last thing i need is to attend a parent teacher conference regarding my hobby.

pothead · Post by **pothead** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:08 am

My kids know that I make "wine".
And they are very good at listening to daddy(Thank God). They know not to discuss my hobby outside the house (and they know to only discuss it with family inside the house).

They do ask questions, In fact my 7 yr old daughter understands the process of condensing vapors. She thinks it's the coolest thing that we can make pure water out of steam.

Post by **stillvodka** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:07 am

I started this thread to see how many or if anyone do distilling through the night, i think that i will have to, as work is taking most of my spare time up, but i have found that doing our hobby in the middle of the night is not a very good idea, it's surprising the amount of noise you can make when you are trying to keep quiet, the nosey neighbours wondering what your doing in the shed/garage in the middle of the night and all the little chinks of light showing through the cracks and gaps making people suspicious, not that we should need to worry really, because the law regarding us making our own spirits is so unfair, in my view, We Aint No Criminals.

Good to see the response to the thread.

drunk2much · Post by **drunk2much** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:35 pm

No real specific time for me just whenever i have a long streak of free time (which i usually make for this hobby). Most of the time though I try to start early in the moring and get done around lunch with a big batch. I just try not to bother my neighor, the detective. I am suprised he has never inquired about the smell. though he is about 4 acers away which, is 4 acers too close.

Hackers · Post by **Hackers** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:40 pm

I tend to forget that here in enlightened New Zealand we are rather privileged for it to be LEGAL to distill alcohol (as much as you like) for your own consumption with the only restriction being that you can't onsell it. However "family" can make a contribution to reimburse you for your costs

Consequently I don't have to worry even when my daughters mid-wife drops around and asks " is your Dad a scientist or something?"

LONEEAGLE155 · Post by **LONEEAGLE155** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:29 pm

Sorry for you guys who have wives that give you greif about this mine went outand bought me yeast sugar and corn to get my first batch going
butback to the question only did 1 batch started in the morning on my day off

muckanic · Post by **muckanic** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:51 pm

="stillvodka". i have found that doing our hobby in the middle of the night is not a very good idea, it's surprising the amount of noise you can make when you are trying to keep quiet, the nosey neighbours wondering what your doing in the shed/garage in the middle of the night and all the little chinks of light showing through the cracks and gaps making people suspicious, not that we should need to worry really, because the law regarding us making our own spirits is so unfair, in my view, We Aint No Criminals.

Our government in its wisdom has been circulating literature that encourages people to report on suspicious activity in neighbouring garages, especially when it involves more than one person. The fact that someone might not be manufacturing pyrotechnics will probably still not save them from a bust.

One thought occurs after the event: I guess a distiller could be unintentionally manufacturing pyrotechnics.

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:45 am

i run when ever the mood strikes as far as the wife gose she helps me out with straining grains fruit or what ever sometimes i think she enjoys this hobby as much as i do.

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:19 am

I've done the night time runs in the past. I live in suburbia and am quite close to my neighbours (my garage light shines into their bedroom), I'm sure they think I've got a crystal meth lab in my garage!

dutch@home · Post by **dutch@home** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:14 pm

i'm not ready for distilling yet but my neighbours are used at lights in my
garage after midnight.
i like to work in the late evening on specific jobs becourse of no phone -
wife - etc are disturbing you.
the kids leave me alone, they know i dont wont to be disturbt.
their old enough to understand.
the oldest might even help me producing and have a sipp.
so:i'm going to distill after +- 7-8pm

Brewmeister · Post by **Brewmeister** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:46 am

I have a rather large garage so I just run mine in there - usually start early morning and run all day - have a high roof in the garage so no problems running my tall column etc and have very high fences so neighbours can't see. If need be can shut the roller door and close the curtains on the windows.

I also have really good neighbours so am not paranoid about em.

Post by **bourbonbob** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:23 pm

I'm about to do my first ever distill, I'm not really fussed about what time I do it, just keen to to it.

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