Yeeeeeee HHHhaaaaaaaa First run!

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TimJ
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Yeeeeeee HHHhaaaaaaaa First run!

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You guys and this site are amaizing! I just did my first run of 5 ml. UJSSM! All the advise and reading in here payed off tremendously. It was easy, but only because I was given very good advise and guidence. I sure would have hated to try this alone! I decided to make the run on the electric stove because I got the still cap under the range hood to hold it down. It just fits under tight. Even though it was only my stripping run, I made cuts for practice so I could taste the difference and know where to devide the spirit run. I ended up with 8 pints (not quite full) including the foreshots, heads, hearts, and tails.
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Pyewacket
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WooHoo! Love the set-up! And by the grace of god it fit under the your stove hood--or as they say--FITS LIKE A GLOVE!
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Danespirit
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Nice old fashioned copper never gets out of style.. :thumbup: ..
Did they build your kitchen around the still or the still for the kitchen? :lol:
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NY Chris
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Glad it went good for ya!!!
Everything looks great.
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Congrats on your first successful run... :clap:

It only gets better from here on in...

Love the rig... :thumbup:
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Great... Glad to hear it went well... Your screwed now. It's like a disease! LOL.....

Congratulations man....

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Usge
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Lookin good! :thumbup:

use more jars so you don't have to throw out whole pints/quarts of cut. When you sense a cut coming on...start collecting smaller lots/more jars.
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Yeeeeeee HHHhaaaaaaaa
Thats EXACTLY how I felt the very first time!-hey-
  
 
 
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Good job TimJ, love the flour paste, way to get it done!
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