I'm very new to the distilling comunity, having received a 3-4 gallon (when filled to the 2/3 or so mark) pot still with thumper / slobber box (can be used as one or the other) for this past birthday when I turned 41.
I am not, however, new to the enthusiastic consumption of spirits!
My "day job" is in Information Technology (B.S. in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon in 2003); of late, software development mostly, and/or the leadership of teams who do so. However, I've run the gamut from having built and hardware troubleshot computer systems/workstations/servers, to systems/network/security administration, to being CIO of a startup until we reached a critical mass, etc. I won't bore you with any more stats there.
I also adore singing - I am a professional classical dramatic tenor, having minored in vocal performance at Carnegie Mellon. I have semi-regular church/temple gigs (so long as they pay), and sing the odd wedding, funeral, and various other liturgical holiday service. I also sing the occasional opera or musical theater show if it's a role I love to perform.
And now, I hope to add distilling spirits to that list, though of course only as an amateur and only for personal and social consumption. I hope to start my first mash fermenting in the next few days after I get a few questions answered here in this forum.
Cheers to all!
