Greetings from North Idaho

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Hethen57
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Greetings from North Idaho

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Howdy,
I am and avid beer brewer, mead maker, and hobby farmer. This seems like a natural extension of my interests. My friend bought a "water purification" still on impulse (the T500) and I needed to help him figure out how to run it. I knew nothing about it, so I was glad to find this forum and to do some research. Now have one run of corn sugar white lightning under my belt and am hooked. Over the past few days I got a sweet feed mash (fed the rest to my goats and sheep :econfused: ) and corn mash (I will call it "burnt corn bread", because it scorched a little and I added a bunch of honey to the fermenter to kick up the OG) bubbling away in the fermenters. Gotta have have something to run this weekend :thumbup: Thanks for all of the great comments and advice. I look forward to spending some time around here....although it will certainly cut into my other hobbies and avocations...haha
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Welcome. Used to live in the Boise and Rupert Idaho, looks like you're in the more scenic parts. Good luck.
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welcome to HD! :wave:
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Hello and welcome to HD

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welcome to HD!
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Nice to see another Idahoan welcome
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Welcome to HD hethan57, Beautiful part of the country you live in there, I have a friend that just retired and built a place near St. Maries.
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Hethen57
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Re: Greetings from North Idaho

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Thanks for the warm welcome. Looking forward to runnin my second and maybe third batch this weekend....and will be wearin' my jean overalls in honor of my hero "Popcorn" :ebiggrin: I will try to post the results that I get with my variations of the Sweetfeed and the Carolina Bourbon recipes.
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Welcome aboard.

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Re: Greetings from North Idaho

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Welcome

My only thought for you so far would be before you make your variation of mashes that are
tried and true - try using them as posted here

In the end you will have much less frustration and get a more harmonious outcome.

Read read and then read some more

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wildrover
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Re: Greetings from North Idaho

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Welcome! I'm also in North Idaho!
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Re: Greetings from North Idaho

Post by goalie_1 »

Hi Hethen, I'm also in North Idaho! Just registered today, so I'm not gonna say much until I can read some more. I do have a still(that I made :thumbup: ), have made a few runs, and love my new hobby!
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