New guy

[Tex104]

Hi I'm Thomas new to the hobby my grand father loved the hobby and I wanted to pick it up I'm an older guy just at the hill top easy going and take jokes and criticism well hope to learn bit from all

[Bradster68]

Welcome new guy. You'll learn a lot hanging out here. You got a still? What you wanna make?

[VikingCanuck]

Welcome Thomas! Happy to see you here at HD. I was also influenced by my grandfather. Funny how we both ended up here. Cheers!

[Tex104]

Thanks for the welcome I'm just starting out with an 8 gallon pot with thumper set it's stainless I'm gonna upgrade bit at a time to copper and starting with shine corn and barley mix my grandfather learned when he lived in Kentucky years ago he also made wine.i do have his wine recipe but he never got to pass on his shine recipe so I'm trying to keep a family thing going and have some fun doing it

[VikingCanuck]

Thanks for the welcome I'm just starting out with an 8 gallon pot with thumper set it's stainless If I may ask, is it the vevor still? I'm gonna upgrade bit at a time to copper and starting with shine corn and barley mix Check out the tried and true section, there are alot of corn mash recipes there, like Diamonds Honey Bear which is often recommended viewtopic.php?f=14&t=67346 my grandfather learned when he lived in Kentucky years ago he also made wine.i do have his wine recipe but he never got to pass on his shine recipe so I'm trying to keep a family thing going and have some fun doing it

[MooseMan]

Welcome to the forum Thomas, lots to learn here.

Get to reading and you'll soon be producing stuff that would make grand daddy proud.