New Brewer/Stiller in China

[kcramp]

Hello all,

Long time lurker here.

I started by brewing beer with a small scale system (extract only) and quickly got frustrated with how slow things were (bottling is annoying!)

I decided to put my Mechanical Engineering degree, 5 years of industrial process experience, and the low cost of stainless steel in China to work. I built a 55 gallon electric brewery system.

I hate liquor. I really enjoy beer. I made a lot of beer, but quickly found that a lot of my friends / my girlfriend / my dad prefer liquor.

I realized it was easy to convert my boiler to a still, and went from there.

Now I am on a journey to try and make liquor that I can enjoy drinking, because I (honestly) have never enjoyed liquor.

This forum is a great wealth of information, but I believe should be read with some healthy skepticism as there appears to be a LOT of misinformation here -- but to truly understand something, you must study, study, study, and do, do, do.

Thanks for having me!