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Lloydo
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Hi guys, new to home brewing and bourban is my drink. Started my first batch of UJSSM. Hoping of many more to come!
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Bushman
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Welcome to HD, what type of still are you running?
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Lloydo
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Using a pot still with Liebig condenser
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Lazarus Long
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Welcome aboard....So how are you heating it?
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GrassHopper
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Welcome Lazarus,
Glad you joined us. UJSSM is a great recipe to start with. Have run many of those and just racked up another 20 ltr barrel to age for a while.
Cheers
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Lloydo
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Lazarus Long wrote:Welcome aboard....So how are you heating it?
Its sitting at about 28deg in my garage
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pfshine
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He meant are you using gas or electric to heat the still.
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Lloydo
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Ah I see, electric urn will be my heat source
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Lloydo wrote:Ah I see, electric urn will be my heat source
Got a pic of your set-up? Sounds like this is a coffee pot . . . just what i get when i hear electric urn.
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Lloydo
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Mikey-moo
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Make sure you disable the thermostat on that urn - otherwise your run will be smeared to high heaven. You want power control, not temperature control to make good product.

Good luck though :-)
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Thanks Mikey, will do
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