What is Our demographic?

[jape]

I just hate when people associate us pineys in S NJ with those idiots. We have enough stereotypes of our own, no need to add to it.

[jape]

I guess i'm a thread stopper!

[Azure]

Arizona 36 white man. Brewing first, distilling now.

[Buteo]

White, single, 61, retired computer programmer. Grape grower, wine maker.
Been distilling for several years now. Located in Ohio.

[greasydog26]

28 year old white male from the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. I have always been interested in learning all of the ol' timey traditions of the mountain people and this is one that has really captured my interest. Oh, I have a couple college degrees (Biology and Geology) and work in the oilfield so I'm not home much and do alot of dreaming. Happy Shinin'!

[Beerbrewer]

33yr old male from the UK, I have a B.A. and an M.A., politics and political science respectively, planning on doing a PhD, as with many here I started brewing my own beer and I want to complement it with distilling.

[bigbone32]

So, I'm wondering about countries that users are from...being from U.S.A,,, anyone from South America, Central America,,,Mexico? I see Australia, New Zealand, Germany...

Any where else?

46,Temporarily retired. From the land of Lincoln living in Sao Paulo Brazil.

[Rng4]

41 year old wm, married, 4 kids, 2 in diapers. Just started distilling to get some piece and quiet. From the land of Mickey Mouse and shamu the whale. 2 years of college before my first mistake got pregnant and I had to go to go to work

[Odin]

The Netherlands.

[Dan P.]

Mid 30's, married, UK. Distilling because I am an ignorant bastard and hope that lots of strong, cheap booze will help me to remain so.

[gonagin58]

55 next week, male from the PNW

[Jimbo]

Nearly 50, married midwestern malcontent who spends entirely too much time in the basement brewin, 'stillin and guitar pickin.

[Danespirit]

22 yr old white male from New Zealand

Danespirit, my mothers family is from Danmark so I'll vouch for the quality of Carlsberg, Tuborg and snaps. Especially Ålborg. If you work out a recipe for that let me know, it's not the easiest to find in the bottlestore here

It looks like it's easier to armwrestle with Obama to get the nuklear codes than to get the recipe of original Ålborg akvavit (Taffel akvavit) .
Anyway i'll try, and if i get my eyes on it i'll post it in the recipies forum.
Original it's made out of potatoes, nowadays they are using corn. It is distilled in a rectifying column and (not sure yet) they use a kind of "ginbasket" to add the flavour.
Flavouring: Caraway (main flavour),star anise (only a tiny bit) and dill (only a tiny bit).
Afterwards it is dilluted to 45%ABV,drinkable a once..served chilled, a good companion to seafood.
Got a 1st place as the worlds best akvavit by The International Wine and Spirit Competition 2002

,,not much help yet,but i'll try to find out more..

[S-Cackalacky]

Sixty something yo, wm, living in VA. Grew up in S. Cackalacky and lived my entire life in the South. ALMOST moved to WV once - don't know what the hell I was thinkin'.

No degree, worked in IT starting as a mainframe computer operator and finished my career as a network infrastructure designer/analyst - basically came up through the ranks. I'm also an artist (painter). I use high proof alcohol (Everclear) in my painting process and this was, originally, my main motivation for wanting to learn to distill. All the reading I've done here, and my partiality to a little drink of rum now-and-then, has somewhat changed my motivation.

Just sayin',
S-C

[Sackett]

^60 wm grew up N C,retired sawyer livin in WV. saw when i want to now ,,dont if i dont got two grown kids,, both like a bit o shine buildin my tinker made flute

[F6Hawk]

You're Caucasian? From Iran? Turkey? Or some other part of the Caucus region?

[wv_hillbilly]

Bet you can't guess where I'm from. Married with offspring. Drilling consultant.

[juniperlover]

21 year old male speech & dialect coach from MN.

[Jimbo]

21 year old male speech & dialect coach from MN.

And Gin fan Im guessing by your moniker? Any good recipes to share?

[juniperlover]

21 year old male speech & dialect coach from MN.

And Gin fan Im guessing by your moniker? Any good recipes to share?

That guess would be correct, my good man! I first got into it many years ago when I came across an old journal that belonged to my grandpa. (According to family lore, he ran a still during prohibition and was somehow involved with a speakeasy.) But up until recently I was working strictly in cold compounding - which is essentially maceration without a final distillation - so yes, I've got plenty of recipes. I'll throw them up on some of the threads once I readjust them to work with a still.

[Big Bert]

65 male, a island off the west coast of Canada

[Budz-n-Sudz]

52 y/o Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese male from Honolulu Hawaii. Would like to find a fellow shiner here to compare notes.

[Michaeln416]

Just had another birthday a few days ago and now I'm up to 47.

I'm only posting again because I just started a new birthday tradition for myself that involves making whiskey. I took the day before and the day of my birthday off of work. The day before was spent doing a slow spirit run of the low wines that I had been collecting in the previous month. Then the day of my birthday I sampled, selected and blended my cuts. Laying it all down on oak and hiding it away until my birthday a year from now - when I plan to repeat the same process while sipping the previous years run.

[CrimsonShineRTR]

From the Southeastern part of the United States......Potstiller....Half Century....

[BoomTown]

Hmmm, I live in work in NOVA, just cross the road from the Pentagon (yep, that pentagon)...would love to get together anyone else in the neighborhood who's into distilling....PM me, don't want to embarrass anyone...just looking for a sipping and chatting friend

[midwest shinner]

Too far away for a get together Boomtown but thought id chime in. I haven't been around quite as much lately as life and getting married has been getting in the way. plus my laptop took a shit so I'm not surfin the net as much overall but i guess I'm a bit of a youngin compared to a good portion of the regulars here.just shy of 30 yr old,I'm a dude from the midwest(as my handle suggests )but enough about me,how close are we talkin to the pentagon Boomtown?

[swampdog 2]

50 from S.E. GEORGIA , I aint leaving yall gonna have to run me off

[Teddysad]

Another from New Zealand here
Bit over 60 been stillin' about 4 years
Semi retired and married to an ex Australian Penthouse centerfold model (she still has the staple holes in her navel)

Heritage is 1/4 Irish and 1/4 Scot so must be something inthe blood

[googe]

I'm as old as my tongue but younger than my teeth. And aussie .

[Jkhippie]

42 yo male of Anglo/Germanic descent. Born in Baltimore, living (and I use that term loosely) in NC right near the "S. Cack" border. Had a full set of teeth when I got here. Now, not so much. Must be something in the water. Shotgun pellets in the rabbit meat don't help.
The wife's 10 years older than I. Thus, a lot of arguments end with, "I'm older than you, I'll do what I want!" "Yeah, you're old enough to know better! Now what!? Oh. Leave? Yes, dear."

(sigh...)

I need a drink.