Home Distiller

I am still in the process of reading and accumulating parts and I see all sorts of veterans offering up great suggestions but I am curious to know what you struggle with? Whats the hardest part or running your rig? planning for the next rig? or is it the struggle to find the perfect recipe? cleanup? ferments? just wondering

Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.

tp

Hardest part for.me is making it user friendly, transferring, filling boiler, is hard in a rental house.

patience,

you beat me to it piratekev. I don't remember who to credit for that quote

+1 on piratekev, and time as gaflatwoods would say. Don't get greedy.

Keeping your mitts off until aging has worked it's magic...beer, wine, panty dropper, what ever!

Yep, I didn't steal it, just borrowed it some. It's a Midwest thing.

All good advice .

The hardest part is resisting logging onto to HD when I have so much other crap to do.

T-Pee wrote:Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.

tp

I have to agree with T-Pee.
Mashing,cooking and distilling are the fun parts but the real but pucker comes in the cuts.
You are thinking in your mind all this work to get this far now don't f$&k it up by getting greedy.

Windy City wrote:

T-Pee wrote:Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.

tp

I have to agree with T-Pee.
Mashing,cooking and distilling are the fun parts but the real but pucker comes in the cuts.
You are thinking in your mind all this work to get this far now don't f$&k it up by getting greedy.

Sure enough and you can fuck it up so easily .

T-Pee wrote:Blending. And I don't like doing cuts.
Running the still is the fun part.

tp

^^This.

To me, this is one thing that you can't pick up by simply reading HD. It does require some practice to get close and a lot of experience to get it right.

Finding the time is hard. Not getting too drunk too often is another.
Not having anyone close around that distills to talk with. That's hard too.
Triple distilling,just because I wanna drink not watch it drip.
Making vodka in a pot still...see above^
Doing anything besides hanging out here and distilling.
Going grocery shopping after learning what all you can make booze from...
Eating fruit loops once you've drank fruit loops
Eating fruits.
". Corn
". Rye bread
Driving the still is easier than the ^^^^^so is fermenting
Hell,so was convincing the wife that she liked rum instead of vodka.

- Patience
-Making cuts

I haven't made a drop yet but those are 2 that worry me.

Maybe a better question would have been "What would you change about what you do right now"?

bbok wrote:- Patience
-Making cuts

I haven't made a drop yet but those are 2 that worry me.

Maybe a better question would have been "What would you change about what you do right now"?

More fermenters and another pump and a long enough hose so that I don't have to carry buckets and pour into a funnel to fill my boiler.

A great ferment will taste good on any still. Learn to ferment...

For me, it's finding time. Between wife, kids, job, farming on the side, hobbies unfortunately sometimes have to take a back seat.


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Clean up sucks for me. I can't stand cleaning up the baked on flour. I think learning how to cut and making cuts is fun. Cause I git to taste too!

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