Roger from Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand

[rogerrennie]

Hi, I'm Roger, recently moved to Methven in mid Canterbury NZ.
Purchased a t500 a few weeks ago, have fermented and distilled one brew.
Got 10.7 litres of 40% from 8kg sugar, 20L water and Turbo8 from StillSpirits.
Have made pink gin, violet gin, blue jewel gin and ouzo, still have 4 litres left.
2 more brews fermenting now.
Loving the learning curve and all the advice from others online.
Interested in catching up with other distillers in Methven

[acfixer69]

Welcome aboard.

[Yummyrum]

Welcome to HD forum roger. Quite a few Kiwis on here . Can’t say I recall any from Canterbury in a while .
Probably lurking .

[rogerrennie]

Cheers, thanks for welcome.
I’m originally from Dunedin

[CoogeeBoy]

Hi, I'm Roger, recently moved to Methven in mid Canterbury NZ.

We forgive you.

But more importantly, as someone who bought a T500 a bit over 12 months ago with all the still spirits add-ons, read the tried and true recipes and forget the turbo yeast stuff, waste of time, and you will learn a whole lot more from these crusty old farts on this website than you will learn from anywhere else in the world IMO!

Just sayin......

[rogerrennie]

Excellent, thanks. I’m starting to get that picture, loud and vlear

[MihiT]

kiaora from the top.

10.7 @40 from 20lt would have your wash at~21% which (is entirely doable from turbo but) will leave you will all kinds of off-flavour.
I think the general consensus here is 16% tops, and most "tried and true" are 4-8% in the wash.
Smashing for high ABV is false economy... quality over quantity and all that.

[rogerrennie]

Great, thanks for feedback, aiming for better quality so will heed advice

[Saltbush Bill]

Welcome aboard . Rodger.

and you will learn a whole lot more from these crusty old farts on this website than you will learn from anywhere else in the world IMO!

Thats a big wrap up Coog, almost enough to make us forget the Crusty Old Fart comment......almost.

[Yummyrum]

Welcome aboard . Rodger.

and you will learn a whole lot more from these crusty old farts on this website than you will learn from anywhere else in the world IMO!

Thats a big wrap up Coog, almost enough to make us forget the Crusty Old Fart comment......almost.

Take no offense Salty , at least you and me are spring chickens .


Hey Roger , just curious , hows those bloody earthquakes these days ? Still shak’n or have things gone back to some kinda normal .

I saw a pic of the house I used to rent in Manchester st … it was a pile of rubble …. So was the TV shop I worked at in Columbo St .

Fare way from you , but I know you guys took a pretty bad hit too .

[rogerrennie]

Hi Yummyrum, I have only just moved to Methven from Dunedin in last 6 months so no impact on me.
The Christchurch quakes were 10 years ago and nothing significant since.
The city is recovering and is a great place to live with good house prices and great infrastructure. There are still a lot of 'car parks', whole city blocks levelled that have not yet been developed, but lots of progress made and a great place to visit.

[Teddysad]

Just up the road from you

[CoogeeBoy]

Hi Yummyrum, I have only just moved to Methven from Dunedin in last 6 months so no impact on me.
The Christchurch quakes were 10 years ago and nothing significant since.
The city is recovering and is a great place to live with good house prices and great infrastructure. There are still a lot of 'car parks', whole city blocks levelled that have not yet been developed, but lots of progress made and a great place to visit.

Except we can't visit until April 2022!

[CoogeeBoy]

Welcome aboard . Rodger.

and you will learn a whole lot more from these crusty old farts on this website than you will learn from anywhere else in the world IMO!

Thats a big wrap up Coog, almost enough to make us forget the Crusty Old Fart comment......almost.

[The Baker]

Welcome Rodger.

Not so much knowledge, but, yep. Crusty old fart.

We climbed the tower in the cathedral a few years before the earthquake destroyed it.

Geoff

[Teddysad]

Welcome to HD forum roger. Quite a few Kiwis on here . Can’t say I recall any from Canterbury in a while .
Probably lurking .

not all of us here in Canterbury are lurkers

[rogerrennie]

Just up the road from you

Hi Teddysad, are you an active distiller? Any local tips? e.g. where to get supplies etc?
Cheers, Roger

[Yummyrum]

Teddys pretty active .
He had the famous “Teds Fast Fermenting Vodka “ recipe all over the interwebs .

You are privileged to have him as a welcome neighbour .

[Teddysad]

Just up the road from you

Hi Teddysad, are you an active distiller? Any local tips? e.g. where to get supplies etc?
Cheers, Roger

Check your private message Roger