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Good day from the French part of Canada (although my English is not too bad)
I have to confess, I'm late to join! Moonshining is not so popular in my region so I've been using this forum as a resource for quite a while! I've been distilling for more than 10 years now with all kinds of machines and recipes (my first was an old air-cooled water distiller from the 80's I found on craigslist .. I soon stepped up to kegs and columns and then had to try the T500 and learned to master it for Gin. Now I'm aiming to master rhum with a new still (my fifth over the years), then apple brandy, then whiski (maybe) !
Anyhow, thanks all for sharing so much insight and making this journey super interesting.
Salut de la NÉ! Surprised to hear that moonshining is not popular up your way… I always imagined the woods of Québec full of modern-day coureurs des bois making moonshine from maple sap.
5 gal homemade potstill -:- If it works, it ain’t stupid -:- Progress, not perfection
Welcome to HD
From a fellow canuck for northern Ontario transplant from the eastern township of Quebec..
Mars
" I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent. Curiosity, Obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my knowledge and understanding "
Chug wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:27 pm
Salut de la NÉ! Surprised to hear that moonshining is not popular up your way… I always imagined the woods of Québec full of modern-day coureurs des bois making moonshine from maple sap.
Moonshiners are all hiding in northern NB.
Shit I bought but shouldn't have :
1. Amazon 30L pot distiller
2. T-500 reflux column (good product but expensive)
3. Large 60L stock pot + 2" column
Now using 15.5gal KEG + 5500w electric + fully aircooled reflux condensor and product condenser.
.. I soon stepped up to kegs and columns and then had to try the T500 and learned to master it for Gin. Now I'm aiming to master rhum with a new still (my fifth over the years), then apple brandy, then whiski (maybe) !
