Hello to everyone

[Ryewhiskey1995]

Good day to everyone.

I have been distilling for about 5 years. I have been a multi time a week reader of this sight for nearly as long. For some reason tonight, I decided to sign up & post.

As I set here tonight drinking a very nice batch of 3rd generation sweet feed off of lees of a corn batch & before that a 100% rye, I'll share my biggest piece of advice to anyone that is reading. - Read & re-read the parent site. As my knowledge & skill set has increased over the years re-reading the information on the parent site has been very beneficial. Every time I read it I learn something new - even though I've read it all before (multiple times).

I've been a wine maker for 10+ years & am working up plans of starting a commercial vineyard. I also am a chemical engineer & have ran 5000 gallon distillation reactions in a industrial setting. I came into this venture of distillation thinking I knew more than most of you because of my experience. I was incredibly wrong. Distillation & mashing is vastly more complex than wine making & my engineering experience only gave me a small taste of what I needed with this hobby. After 5 years I'm still a novice.

I have multiple questions about enzymes, mashing & how to save flavor in a reflux column, but that will be in my future posts. I just wanted to say hello & thank all of you for the experience & knowledge that you have posted over the years of me trying to work my way through this hobby.

Hope you all are having a great day,

Ryewhiskey1995

[GrassHopper]

Welcome Rye,
You obviously have much knowledge compared to most who join us here for the first time. That being said, we are all
striving for Nirvana of the reflux column, the pot still, and fermenting. Nobody can say that they have arrived. There will be some that say they have, but it becomes apparent after a bit that they don't have a clue where they have arrived. So, we will learn together.
Enjoy the forums

[pythonshine]

There are not many who could of said it better +1 Grasshopper

[MoonBreath]

Welcome to HD!
+1 on the Parent site ...Wonder how many folks never read it and started off the forums?
I was so consumed by the Parent site, it was two full years before I ever hit the forum button.
The Parent site will help you decide exactly what you want, what you need, and how to get there.
The forums help fine tune (and understand) every detail with diversity.
Enjoy your new journey ..Good luck, be safe, keep us posted.