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aussie_redneck
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g'day from theland downunder

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Hi all
have been trawling this forum for ages finally decided to join
I'm from north of melbourne vic. i have a 20lt pot still made of an
old stainless vacola urn running 3/4 copper riser and coil in an ice
bath. I have successfully ran a basic sugar wash of 20lt which yielded about 3
lts nice taste and mixed witha dash of melted maple syrup gives it a lovely
after taste and a dark colour. Currently running two 20lt corn sugar washes
then will flavour and colour with some burnt maple.
hope to have as much input as i can.and what i discover along the way.
cheers
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Welcome to the forum. Lots of Aussies here - you should feel right at home. We even got one or two converted to redneckedness. Grits will soon be trendin' in Oz - watch for it.

Good luck and stay safe,
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Welcome mate, zounds like your under way :thumbup: . were out numbered about 100 to 1 by the yanks here, but they seem ok :ewink: . . You doing cuts ect with your distilling?. good luck mate :thumbup: .

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Hi mate guess your about 100 km dead east of me. Just reading your set up and the flavors your chasing I reckon start doing the uncle Jessie sour mash and you'll never look back
@ googe : grits is what gets stuck between ya teeth if ya don't was them mushrooms properly :moresarcasm: nar its corn porridge or pancakes made from it :thumbup:
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Grits and fried catfish Yum!
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Cheers guys. Yeah Melbourne's weather is just pathetic so needed a sort of indoors hobby so i chose to try this out. Yeah uncle jesses in the next recipe I'm gonna try. These grits sound delicous haha
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Hello West Islander!!!!
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Love me some grits with scrambled eggs and hog brains in milk gravy.

Sorry forgot to say Welcome got excited about the grits.
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