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Hello and cheers

Postby seymour » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:21 pm

Hi all

New to distilling but very keen to learn been doing a lot of reading with a lot of headaches just about got everything to start running got a copper reflux still waiting for my 50l keg to turn up got a few fermenters from the beer brewing days and few bits to get along the way but with all the reviews on the TPW off to the shops to get some TP and should be in business lot of learning still to go but looking forward to it all

Cheers enjoy your drinks
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby Andy » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:09 am

welcome mate.
did u build, buy, beg, borrow or commission the still? if its a custom one whack up a photo :)
u will enjoy the TPW vodka. great to flavour as well for liqueur.
make sure u have read the cuts guide :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Doesn't get more simple then that

Re: Hello and cheers

Postby Sam. » Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:11 am

Welcome and cheers :obscene-drinkingcheers: :obscene-drinkingcheers:
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby seymour » Tue Mar 25, 2014 4:37 pm

Brought the still waiting for it to all turn up and will post a pic yeah been doing a lot of reading got to read the cuts a bit better to get it to sink in looking forward to it all
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby seymour » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:05 pm

My still has arrived
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby Andy » Mon Apr 07, 2014 2:54 pm

nice mate, looks like a solid rig
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby seymour » Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:18 pm

Can't wait for the keg to turn up so I can get things cooking got a tpw ready to go and a turbo wash was going to run the turbo first till I get the feel rather waste that then a tpw been waiting just over a week running out of things to tinker with
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby Sam. » Mon Apr 07, 2014 6:06 pm

Might want to change your equipment list, that looks like a VM not a LM to me :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby seymour » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:41 pm

Thanks for that which lead me to a question should I run 2 separate cooling lines to Liebig and top condenser or just the 1 to flow threw the lot and I have just seen my profile Lm not VM good pick up haha a drunkin IPad moment will fix that up
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby Sam. » Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:00 pm

Just the one line is fine as long as the coil is knocking down all the vapor with the power you are throwing at it your fine :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Hello and cheers

Postby seymour » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:44 pm

Thanks for that after all the months of reading can't wait to get in and practice understand it all a bit better with some hands on runs
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