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Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:59 am
by dellae
Hi there people,
Used to brew up to about 15 years ago but liked my mix too much so knocked it on the head and work was taking me around the world and I just didn't have time any more.
Decided to try distilling this time much to the old womans disgust.
I bought heaps of books and scanned the net thinking I was going to build my own, saw a commercial unit in the local brew shop and thought, what the heck, I am lazy these days so took the easy route and launched straight into it.
I make only sugar brews for neutral spirit that I flavour.
Great info in here.
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:01 am
by Kentucky shinner
welcome to the forum. Nothing like making your own spirits.
KS
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:45 am
by Ayay
Hi dellae, seems like in NZ the brewshops have better stills on offer and I hope you got a good one.
Sugar washes have a positive flavour except for the turbos. DWWG, UJSSM, Rad's AllBran, Rum and other recipes here will all give a surprising amount of flavour when stilled to 95% in a single run. (Strippin first will change that).
Welcome, and your'e hooked!
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:06 pm
by rubber duck
Welcome aboard, staying out of the kitchen will help keep the heat off as far as the old lady is concerned.
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:14 am
by dellae
rubber duck wrote:Welcome aboard, staying out of the kitchen will help keep the heat off as far as the old lady is concerned.
When I first beer brewed ~30 years ago we had a very small house and I used to store the brew under the kitchen sink. which annoyed the woman.
Some of my earlier attempts were not the best and the bottles exploded - with accompanying response from her Lordship.
When we moved to this place it was heaven, almost the entire downstairs of the house is shed and I made the most of it brewing like mad and other activities.
When I decided to start Stilling all I got for weeks was abuse about blowing up the house - 30 years on and she still won't let it go.
What would we do without them????
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:51 pm
by Mud Mechanik
dellae, sounds like you married my wife's sister, anyways, welcome aboard.
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:33 pm
by rubber duck
I know what I would without one, I would drink more.
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:00 pm
by Teddysad
Welcome from another kiwi. There's a few of us around so sing out if you need help
Which still did you end up with?
Re: Hi Folks from a new Stiller
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:05 am
by dellae
Teddysad wrote:Welcome from another kiwi. There's a few of us around so sing out if you need help
Which still did you end up with?
The Turbo 500.
I'm currently doing some mods to it to make water control a bit easier.
As described in The Compleat Distiller.