Whats the hardest part?
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Whats the hardest part?
I am still in the process of reading and accumulating parts and I see all sorts of veterans offering up great suggestions but I am curious to know what you struggle with? Whats the hardest part or running your rig? planning for the next rig? or is it the struggle to find the perfect recipe? cleanup? ferments? just wondering
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- T-Pee
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.
tp
Running the still is the fun part.
tp
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
Hardest part for.me is making it user friendly, transferring, filling boiler, is hard in a rental house.
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
patience,
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
you beat me to it piratekev. I don't remember who to credit for that quote
be water my friend
Re: Whats the hardest part?
+1 on piratekev, and time as gaflatwoods would say. Don't get greedy.
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- Rumrunner
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
Keeping your mitts off until aging has worked it's magic...beer, wine, panty dropper, what ever!
Re: Whats the hardest part?
Yep, I didn't steal it, just borrowed it some. It's a Midwest thing.
- Truckinbutch
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
All good advice .
If you ain't the lead dog in the team , the scenery never changes . Ga Flatwoods made my avatar and I want to thank him for that .
Don't drink water , fish fornicate in it .
Don't drink water , fish fornicate in it .
- GrassHopper
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
The hardest part is resisting logging onto to HD when I have so much other crap to do.
- Windy City
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
I have to agree with T-Pee.T-Pee wrote:Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.
tp
Mashing,cooking and distilling are the fun parts but the real but pucker comes in the cuts.

You are thinking in your mind all this work to get this far now don't f$&k it up by getting greedy.
The liver is evil and must be punished
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- Truckinbutch
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
Sure enough and you can fuck it up so easily .Windy City wrote:I have to agree with T-Pee.T-Pee wrote:Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.
tp
Mashing,cooking and distilling are the fun parts but the real but pucker comes in the cuts.![]()
You are thinking in your mind all this work to get this far now don't f$&k it up by getting greedy.
If you ain't the lead dog in the team , the scenery never changes . Ga Flatwoods made my avatar and I want to thank him for that .
Don't drink water , fish fornicate in it .
Don't drink water , fish fornicate in it .
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
^^This.T-Pee wrote:Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.
tp
To me, this is one thing that you can't pick up by simply reading HD. It does require some practice to get close and a lot of experience to get it right.
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
Finding the time is hard. Not getting too drunk too often is another.
Not having anyone close around that distills to talk with. That's hard too.
Triple distilling,just because I wanna drink not watch it drip.
Making vodka in a pot still...see above^
Doing anything besides hanging out here and distilling.
Going grocery shopping after learning what all you can make booze from...
Eating fruit loops once you've drank fruit loops
Eating fruits.
". Corn
". Rye bread
Driving the still is easier than the ^^^^^so is fermenting
Hell,so was convincing the wife that she liked rum instead of vodka.
Not having anyone close around that distills to talk with. That's hard too.
Triple distilling,just because I wanna drink not watch it drip.
Making vodka in a pot still...see above^
Doing anything besides hanging out here and distilling.
Going grocery shopping after learning what all you can make booze from...
Eating fruit loops once you've drank fruit loops
Eating fruits.
". Corn
". Rye bread
Driving the still is easier than the ^^^^^so is fermenting
Hell,so was convincing the wife that she liked rum instead of vodka.
Re: Whats the hardest part?
- Patience
-Making cuts
I haven't made a drop yet but those are 2 that worry me.
Maybe a better question would have been "What would you change about what you do right now"?
-Making cuts
I haven't made a drop yet but those are 2 that worry me.
Maybe a better question would have been "What would you change about what you do right now"?
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
More fermenters and another pump and a long enough hose so that I don't have to carry buckets and pour into a funnel to fill my boiler.bbok wrote:- Patience
-Making cuts
I haven't made a drop yet but those are 2 that worry me.
Maybe a better question would have been "What would you change about what you do right now"?
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Never eat Mexican food north or east of Dallas tx!
Re: Whats the hardest part?
A great ferment will taste good on any still. Learn to ferment...
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
For me, it's finding time. Between wife, kids, job, farming on the side, hobbies unfortunately sometimes have to take a back seat.
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Re: Whats the hardest part?
Clean up sucks for me. I can't stand cleaning up the baked on flour. I think learning how to cut and making cuts is fun. Cause I git to taste too!
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