New to distillation, or simply new to the HD forums.
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I would first like to thank the owner and moderators for hosting such an excellent site. I am being a good noob by reading, reading, and more reading.
I have some experience in making wine and homebrew. I learned to make blackberry and scuppernong wine from my father and self-studied to make homebrew, after they relaxed the laws on homemade beer making. I left these hobbies some years ago. I had some pieces parts left over and decided that I'd give distilling a try.
I recently purchased an EasyStill from Brewhaus (before reading the forums, of course). I noticed that little respect is given to this device. I am going to use it to get my feet wet. However, I tend to go into my hobbies all the way if I enjoy them. I'm looking forward to researching the better still designs.
Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great holiday and I'll be lurking about until I feel experienced enough to ask an intelligent question.
You seem to have the correct approach to this hobby (apart from the EasyStill)... But as you say, it will help to test the water...
Have a search for Bokakob Slant Plate... Not too expensive, easy to run and you can make vodka and flavoured beverages from it...
Good luck on your way forward and dont forget, were here to help when things just are not as clear as they are written...
welcome,, theirs so much info just on this site theirs no need to go anywhere else,, im like you,, i really dont wanta go asking stupid repeat questions so i read and read some more,,, good luck to ya
death is inevitable ,,, but its also only the beginning..
I think my first project will be to run some cheap wine to understand the cutting process better. After all, if you don't make a good cut, it doesn't really matter what you are distilling, right?
Once I have a feel for cutting, I've put together a starter kit that includes a lot of sugar and several types of yeast that I have read about in the forums. I can run at least two washes at a time to compare results.
When I feel comfortable running and cutting sugar washes, then I'll move on to some recipes.
