Here's my article on my visit to the Gemenc Whiskey Distillery in Hungary:
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Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
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Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
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Re: Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
You just don't see those homemade racks for storing the barrels during the aging process here in the US.
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What surprized me, Bushman, was the design of the still. Not a gas out tube on top of the onion, but in the onion, slightly sloped downwards and feeding the column to the right. That must create some overpressure and hence unwanted passive reflux in the actual onion, I imagine.
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Re: Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
Nice article.
Ah, to be a world traveler...
Ah, to be a world traveler...
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Re: Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
Yeah, it's off to the good old USA in just 5 weeks. And from there to Canada's West Coast. Maybe a short trip down to Seattle from there.DAD300 wrote:Nice article.
Ah, to be a world traveler...
I actually hope to spend my summer holidays in Europe. No time zone shit for a change.
And by the end of October I'll probably spent another week in North Florida and South Georgia to give a training class.
Difficult, but someone has to do it!

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Re: Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
I will be working contract for a winery in five weeks. Damn!
Make sure you visit Shelter Point Distillery and Westland, Odin.
In fact please PM me if you are interested in Western Canada and Washington and I can help you find some very interesting places to go.
Make sure you visit Shelter Point Distillery and Westland, Odin.
In fact please PM me if you are interested in Western Canada and Washington and I can help you find some very interesting places to go.
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Re: Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
Thanks MDH! I won't have a lot of time, since it will be work and more work. But I will contact you and get your advice. Heck, when in Montreal, we were so busy I didn't get to see anything. Not even the old city! Let's do that differently when visiting the western parts of your beautiful country! And the good news is ... I will be visiting the Seattle Proof Meeting on July 11th!
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Regards, Odin.
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Re: Gemenc Whiskey from Hungary
Lajos has the look and demeanor of a no BS likker maker. You, on the other-hand, just destroyed the image of what I thought you might look like. I guess my mental image was painted by your avatar - more like Auric Goldfinger.
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Sorry to disappoint you, S!
I guess I looked better with my beard. But my wife disagreed. Off course that didn't matter ... until it mattered.
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I guess I looked better with my beard. But my wife disagreed. Off course that didn't matter ... until it mattered.
Regards, Odin.
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