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StingerFarmHand
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Hello to all, I am here in the Eastern US. Distilling is my new pursuit as a collector of hobbies. I have made candles, soap, built engines, have an extensive garden, raise bees, and grow grapes. I have always been interested in additional uses for my scuppernong grapes and my honey, so why not try distilling them. As you have noticed from the cars I also enjoy building things, so the lure of building a still entices me as well. I am currently looking at building a reflux still for the purity of the product, but may want more flavors considering the product I will be using for fermentation which may change my build choice before I get started. I am here to learn from all those doing this well before me and hope I can make something palatable in the future with that knowledge.
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Sounds like you have a great plan. You're in the rite place.
Have fun and stay safe.
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Welcome and 🍻
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Steve Broady
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Welcome, SFH! Sounds like you’re likely to fit in quite well here. With the grapes and the honey, you might think about a pot still, or something easily convertible between pot and reflux. I’m sure you’ll get lots of advice and opinions, and there’s a ton of stuff to be found in the forums if you search long enough.
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Welcome in.
You have a pretty solid foundation to get into this hobby, so I'm looking forward to reading about your adventures!
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hello and welcome!! Nice hobbies!
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Hoosier Shine9
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Welcome to the group.

Think about a 15.5 gallon SS Keg as your boiler.
put a 4 inch flange on it. you can get your hand/arm inside to clean.
Then you can make a Reflux column, or a potstill head for it.
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