Greetings from south east US

[Archovist]

I've lurked around this hobby and forum for awhile, tried to read things that both interest me and do not. Used to prefer drinking islay whiskies, now enjoy fruit brandies / eau-de-vies / rakijas. These can be hard to come by, however!

Discovered that one of the more interesting conections between these libations is that the stills used mostly seem to use a rummager / mixer / agitator, to extract as much of the flavor profile as possible on a stripping run, and then refining (or not!) with a spirit run, something that i am interested in replicating with local fruit, and hopefully someday fruit from my own trees. Will be posting to the stills section for advice, but it looks like most that i can find come out of the Balkans and are not popular in the US. I do not currently own a still and prefer to buy once cry once, if i dont diy.

[acfixer69]

Welcome to HD. Buy the wrong one and you will cry twice. Look around that's why we are here.

[DRHillier]

Welcome. I can be helpful and tell you not to go to Amazon for a still. I made that mistake.

[TDick]

Welcome!
What part of the Southeast are you from?

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[Archovist]

Welcome to HD. Buy the wrong one and you will cry twice. Look around that's why we are here.

Thats why ive been lurking so long!

[Archovist]

Welcome!
What part of the Southeast are you from?

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The one that seems to only be in the news right now for University presidents and the Murdaugh murders. I figure with all the attention drawn elsewhere nobody will mind little old me out in my woods.

[jonnys_spirit]

Welcome Archivist! Some of those balkan stills look really very nice especially if you can run outside on a wood fire but look around at some options because you might end up with more than one lol.

Cheers!
-j