New member from New Zealaned

[BAC]

Hi,

I'm Bryce from Auckland, New Zealand.
Been a long time reader but only just signed up.

Over 10 years ago I purchased a Still spirits 25L turbo reflux still with high hopes but never managed to get anything decent out of it so it's sat idle for the best past of 10 years. Being a lot more educated now (a lot of HD foum reading) I now know I'm very unlikely to ever get to what I want with it as is but that's a topic for another post.

I enjoy traditional meat curing, making everything from fresh sausages through to air dried black forrest ham and 3 year aged prosciutto. I can make better quality and tasting small goods for a fraction of the cost of store bought equivalents and now want to rekindle the distilling hobby and see if I can't do the same with spirits.

I'm very much a DIY person and love to tinker around making stuff rather than buying it if I can easily get hold of the materials/ingredients required.

Looking forward to seeing where I can get to here.

[quadra]

Welcome aboard Bryce!

[JustinNZ]

Nice intro, man. I love making fresh sausages, but have never tried cured. Sounds mighty fine. I’m sure you can get that still to make some good product. I’ve got a mate who succeeds with the same model. Good luck out there!

[BAC]

Welcome aboard Bryce!

Thanks quadra

[BAC]

Nice intro, man. I love making fresh sausages, but have never tried cured. Sounds mighty fine. I’m sure you can get that still to make some good product. I’ve got a mate who succeeds with the same model. Good luck out there!

Thanks JustinNZ, be interested to know how your friend manages. I'm looking at replacing with a taller column and bigger condenser to make it a bit easier... hopefully

[Rusty Ole Bucket]

Welcome to HD!

Rusty

[Yummyrum]

Late welcome BAC ( blood Alcohol Concentration ) cool handle . Supprised nobody snatched that over the years
LOL , I think I’m gonna nickname you PointOFive

Yeah , you’ll do much better with a DIY approach than that O’l thing could do .

[JustinNZ]

I might have the wrong model… post a pic?

[sadie33]

hello and welcome!!

[BAC]

I might have the wrong model… post a pic?

[BAC]

hello and welcome!!

Thanks Sadie

[BAC]

Late welcome BAC ( blood Alcohol Concentration ) cool handle . Supprised nobody snatched that over the years
LOL , I think I’m gonna nickname you PointOFive

[SW_Shiner]

Welcome to the forum. Good spirits can be made with that still. It just takes a long time. Luckily it shouldn’t be too hard to upgrade that to a better column.

[JustinNZ]

Oops, yeah, yes, not the one I was thinking of. She’ll be right though. Nice clean washes should help till you get a new column. Good luck out there.

[Saltbush Bill]

Welcome aboard BAC
Feel free to dump a couple of your favourite recipes our way.
viewtopic.php?t=91816

[BAC]

Welcome aboard BAC
Feel free to dump a couple of your favourite recipes our way.
viewtopic.php?t=91816

Some good lookin stuff in that thread, most of mine are printed recipes with hand written adjustments
Will see what I can add