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shven
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hello from the great white north..

my handle is shven.i live near Buffalo ..where we measure snow in feet .. not inches..lol
I've made 2 runs.. a sugar wash was my first and it made a nice vodka that I turned around and killed by adding candy's to the mix for flavor. dropped my alcohol levels way down in to the 40 proof range..

my second run was a corn malted barley ,and rye..
I totally messed that up by scorching ..the finish product was just terrible.
so I am now trying a rum run .. blackstrap and dark brown sugar..I used turbo rum yeast.. which took right off and is almost ready to distill..

I got intrested in the hobby after a visit to gatlinburg with the fam this last summer..
I fell in love with all the great flavors..

I bought a 5 gallon seeutek still one night drunk surfing the net from Amazon..
it needs replaced already.. I'm looking to buy a 10 gal or 13 gal.. hoping the wife gets the hints and tells Santa..lol..

well I'm glad to be here. I've been lurking for awhile.. learning g as I read from all of you.. thanks for having me.


smile with those big red eyes..
shven..
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sorry.. I thought this was just a general welcoming post.. I didn't mean crash in on your welcome post..

maybe the mod can move it to another thread for me..


again sorry ..

shven
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Don't sweat it we only water board on 2nd f up. Welcome to HD.
shven
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thank you..
glad I founds ya,s...
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Welcome 🍻
I drink so much now,on the back of my license it's a list of organs I need.
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acfixer69 wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:53 pm Don't sweat it we only water board on 2nd f up. Welcome to HD.
:lol: :lol: Feels like it sometimes! Don’t worry though, it gets better. Once you get over not knowing what you don’t know, this is a great bunch of folks to hang out with.
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Howdy Shven,

I'm from the Great White North too, just west of you by 1500 km or so. We don't get your snow, but we plug our cars in the winter to make sure they start after a long cold night. Sorry to hear about your first couple of batches. Keep at it, it's a steep learning curve but when it clicks, all of a sudden it is a new game.

Best Drifter
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yeah. since our last 11 feet of snow. it's been pretty nice here lately..

I thinking i may need to mow the lawn..lol

well my rum run turned out real well. I got about 8 jars.. 6 I think wre a 180 proof..lots of room to work with it..

I guess I should start a thread in the rum area..


hey. thanks everyone for the welcome.

shven
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