Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Hi all,
First of all I'm Andy, 31, from VIC.
A little about me in dot point form,
Things I Like:

* I like pina coladas and taking walks in the rain
* I like 2/3rds of Arnotts Shapes in a packet, (the rest can go to hell).
* Bar fights.
*kittens, little fluffy wuffy kittens.

Things I Dislike:

*Balloon animals, its not a Giraffe its a bent up balloon!
*Eating just cos I've run out of alcohol!
*Fat people who aren't jolly, (fat people have to be jolly its the LAW!)
*Hangovers!!!
*Materialism and not having enough stuff.
*Small Stones with Sharp Edges.
*Night Shift.
*Sneezing on the inside of the windscreen AND using the wipers to clean it up?

There's more but that will do for now.

New to this hobby, did some research, printed heaps of stuff (Thanks work for your paper and resources).
Brought a Still (LM Reflux) in kit form that gave me every thing I need to get going.
Put a turbo wash on, started with 1.106 on the hydrometer, fermenting stopped in 3 days with .860 ish (couldn't work out why), but doubt the hydrometer would be telling me lies.
So degassed, and cleared it that day (I was excited and impatient that day).
Its been 4 days, still waiting for it to clear haha, probably a rookie error.
Started a TPW yesterday, in case ive just made some window cleaner (not keen on the carbon streaks though).
Appeared a bit clearer today, guess ill keep waiting?

Not sure where ive gone wrong yet,
All part of the learning curve.

Cheers.

Welcome mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Zak Griffin wrote:Welcome mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks Zac :handgestures-thumbupleft:

:think: It appears that my post was edited.
I don't like "pina coladas and taking walks in the rain" and
"kittens, little fluffy wuffy kittens".

I know that's it been put there in lieu of what I originally had written, and I get why, understood ;-)

Welcome to AD mate.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

What's wrong with fluffy kittens? :teasing-tease:

Zak Griffin wrote:What's wrong with fluffy kittens? :teasing-tease:

:text-+1:
They're great when you get them all crunchy on the outside with a nice steak diane sauce.
I'm a big fan of 'fluffy wuffy kittens' too. Wink wink. :))

Dang I missed the original version... mmmm pina coladas always reminds me of camereon diaz and christina applegate for some reason :romance-kisscheek:
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Zak Griffin wrote:What's wrong with fluffy kittens? :teasing-tease:

Nothing really except for being fluffy and kittens haha

Professor Green wrote:Welcome to AD mate. Cheers,Prof. Green.

Thanks Mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

warramungas wrote:They're great when you get them all crunchy on the outside with a nice steak diane sauce.
I'm a big fan of 'fluffy wuffy kittens' too. Wink wink. :))

Why am I thinking about Dim Sims when I read your post? haha :handgestures-thumbupleft:

bluc wrote:Dang I missed the original version... mmmm pina coladas always reminds me of camereon diaz and christina applegate for some reason :romance-kisscheek:
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I think my first version was better, less femine ;)

Guys I think we’re losing the point with discussing fluffy kittens and pina coladas.
The serious and valid point to this thread is that no one likes all Arnotts biscuits :teasing-tease: 8-}
Welcome here Andyj.

Andyj986 wrote:
I think my first version was better, less femine ;)

Nothing wrong with femine, especially when its cristinna applegate and camereon diaz dancing around in their undies.. :laughing-rolling: 8-}

Doubleuj wrote:Guys I think we’re losing the point with discussing fluffy kittens and pina coladas.
The serious and valid point to this thread is that no one likes all Arnotts biscuits :teasing-tease: 8-}
Welcome here Andyj.

Loosing the point or loosing the plot? :laughing-rolling:
Thanks Doubleuj :handgestures-thumbupleft:

44 Degrees (Actual Temp) Where I am in VIC today, Hopefully the TPW is surviving, Damn Night shift!

Welcome aboard mate. Looks like you are up for a laugh which is good :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Your on the right track ditching the turbos, they're not worth the trouble with all that chemical crap the get ya to put in it. The crap tastes like nail polish remover anyway. It is more than likely that it did finish in 3 days, they're designed to do that, it's they're selling point. Only problem with that is it stresses the yeast and makes ya drink taste like crap.

Keep onto the tpw and you'll be good to go. It will take longer to ferment and will have a lower yeld but it is worth it and a darn sight cheeper too :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Enjoy the new hobby mate

woodduck wrote:Welcome aboard mate. Looks like you are up for a laugh which is good :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Your on the right track ditching the turbos, they're not worth the trouble with all that chemical crap the get ya to put in it. The crap tastes like nail polish remover anyway. It is more than likely that it did finish in 3 days, they're designed to do that, it's they're selling point. Only problem with that is it stresses the yeast and makes ya drink taste like crap.

Keep onto the tpw and you'll be good to go. It will take longer to ferment and will have a lower yeld but it is worth it and a darn sight cheeper too :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Enjoy the new hobby mate

Thanks Woodduck,
Yeah the turbos came with the still kit I brought so put it down to have something to compare to when the TPW is done.
Considering I just brought a 3D printer all of 3 weeks ago, printed heaps of useless crap, then decided “all this printing and designing deserves a drink”, Friday last week I brought a still, and here I am haha.

One extreme to another lol

G-day mate and welcome ,I love cats ,but I could not eat a whole one ,there used ta be a dude over your way that used ta sell hats made from feral cats not you is it? :laughing-rolling: ,get into it with a few brews and you should get the hang of it,plenty ta read in the library too .cheers hillzabilly ;-)

hillzabilly wrote:G-day mate and welcome ,I love cats ,but I could not eat a whole one ,there used ta be a dude over your way that used ta sell hats made from feral cats not you is it? :laughing-rolling: ,get into it with a few brews and you should get the hang of it,plenty ta read in the library too .cheers hillzabilly ;-)

Thanks Mate, Got the next 8 hours at work to kill, so ill be mostly browsing through the topics :handgestures-thumbupleft: