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Postby mojoz » Sat May 18, 2019 8:50 am

mojoz from WA here

I brought a Turbo 500 about 4 years back and thrashed it hard, made a few slip ups and learned from them and eventually made some interesting brews.
Spent a fortunes on flavorings, woods chips etc and was very happy with my output.
I ran the first brew's cooling from the kitchen taps, and after realizing how much water was needed to keep the system cool i changed my plans as i live in the country and rely on water tanks and could not afford to waste so much water.
So i brought a 40 liter sturdy plastic storage tub and a aquarium water pump, then an extra chest freezer and went into the ice making business. I half filled the tub with water added an ice block and ran the intake from the still from that and away i went and it worked perfectly.
After a couple of years i gave it a rest as i had other stuff to do and i was not short of vodka, but now it's time to to dust of the cobwebs and start up again and after finding this website might learn some new tricks.
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby Sam. » Sat May 18, 2019 9:56 am

Welcome here mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

You will definitely find many new ideas here for you to try ;-)
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby Doubleuj » Sat May 18, 2019 2:54 pm

Hi mojoz, welcome to the forum. Even though you’ve been distilling for a while there’s a lot of great info in the newbies corner that will help you.
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby Professor Green » Sat May 18, 2019 3:02 pm

Welcome mojoz.

Great thing about this hobby is that there is always something new to learn and tere’s heaps of experienced folks on this forum from whom to learn.

Cheers,
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby RC Al » Sat May 18, 2019 8:18 pm

Welcome mate

The ice setup sounds a bit excessive and expensive, I am in a similar situation water wise, have had no issues with recirculating back to the water tank, the large volume of water is a good heat sink
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby andybear » Sun May 19, 2019 9:01 am

Hi Mojoz , welcome to the best distilling site for Aussies. As your spending a fortune on flavours,maybe it's time to look at fermenting something other than white sugar and getting a different setup to run it through. The flavours that you can get are amazing . Enjoy your journey.
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby woodduck » Mon May 20, 2019 7:24 am

G'day mate and welcome to the forum :greetings-waveyellow:

I'm sure you'll learn plenty here mate.

:text-+1: on the recirculation into one of your rain water tanks. That's what I do.
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby dans.brew » Tue May 21, 2019 7:00 am

Welcome mate and glad to hear your getting back into what it is a very rewarding hobby. :greetings-waveyellow:
A few slip ups is all apart of the journey to a top drop.. we've all had them.
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby mojoz » Thu May 23, 2019 1:33 am

RC Al wrote:Welcome mate

The ice setup sounds a bit excessive and expensive, I am in a similar situation water wise, have had no issues with recirculating back to the water tank, the large volume of water is a good heat sink


that's a good idea, problem is my water tank is at the opposite side of the house and that's a fair bit of plumbing, but definitely worth looking into, thanks
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Re: Hi Guys

Postby Sam. » Thu May 23, 2019 8:10 am

Garden hose and submersible pumps are relatively cheap :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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