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Postby five55nm » Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:01 am

Thanks for having me, lots of great info here. good to see a thriving community.
keen on beer, wine and whisky... initially.
so far i have...
ferm kit
bottles
fridge
stc 1000
and x2 15amp circuits in the kitchen.
x2 50ltr s/s kegs
1/2 sheet copper
some stainless scrap
scrap copper line

unfortunately no garage though, i wonder if the mrs would mind if i keep the gear in both the bedroom and the kitchen
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Postby db1979 » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:12 am

Welcome mate, what still are you looking at making?
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Postby woodduck » Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:39 am

G'day mate and welcome :greetings-waveyellow:

The wife can be very forgiving if there's a nice bottle or two for her. Try the G dropper or Lemonchello recipe, they're a hit with the ladies :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Postby Sam. » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:53 am

Welcome here mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Postby Professor Green » Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:52 pm

Welcome to AD five55nm.


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Postby five55nm » Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:43 pm

Thanks for the welcome!
I am keen to go pot, for whisky. Lots of reading to do prior. I am looking at biab all grain. I will probably go for some kind of cm unit. I’ve been wanting to get into this for years... ever since M.A.S.H was on the telly and bj and Hawkeye had their glassware still in their tent. Long time ago now.
Keen to run some mash and put a bottle or two to bed for a bit.
Will definitely be doing a run or two for the Mrs,including wine which we do also. In fact the lucky girl got a wine kit for her birthday last year. Nothing like a bubbling fermenter farting away giving of equal amounts of c02 and ethanol. Beautiful!
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Postby Shine time » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:59 pm

Hi five55nm and welcome to the forum Check out the recipe to all grain whiskey Is a lot to take in but It just maybe what your looking for to up your game good reading
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Postby Sam. » Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:06 pm

Shine time wrote:Hi five55nm and welcome to the forum Check out the recipe to all grain whiskey Is a lot to take in but It just maybe what your looking for to up your game good reading


Which recipe you talking about?

Links are a good thing there ;-)
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Postby hillzabilly » Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:34 pm

G-day mate ,the still in MASH and granny's still in Beverley hillbillies,did also spark my interest,there certainly is some inaccurate perseptions about stillin that come from shows like that,after getting some pics I very quickly realized that there is no way it could work, read on and we will help ya on the right road.cheers hillzabilly ;-)
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Postby Doubleuj » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:36 am

Gday mate.
Apparently they made a still for MASH that actually worked at first but got in trouble and had to build a second one that couldn’t possibly work, ie the one we see in the photos and on tv.
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Postby db1979 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:03 am

Yeah they didn't want the American public to see how straight forward it can be.
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Postby bluc » Wed Feb 28, 2018 11:29 am

Like the look of glass like a mad professor not sure I would trust it stillin flammables though maybe for water essential oil extractions though :-B
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Postby Professor Green » Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:06 pm

You can see the old copper pot still they used in some of the earlier episodes of M*A*S*H. I'm not sure it would have been that functional to be honest.

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