G'day to all

[Maximus_Moonshine]

Hi All,

I'm Chris and I'm located near Beechworth in North East Victoria.
Very pleased to join the forum. I'm sure I am similar to many others in that I thought I'd done a lot of research before launching into my first sugar washes. Then I found this forum and thought "Hmmm - Wish I'd come here first!" However, I'm here now and I am enjoying and benefiting hugely from your combined expertise. Loving the hobby and can see that I have a big learning curve ahead of me.
Cheers
Chris

[Sam.]

Welcome here mate, enjoy the curve :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Mr Tinker]

G'day mate.
Plenty of us got here on that same boat, you're in good company.
:handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Plumby]

:greetings-waveyellow:

[woodduck]

Welcome along :greetings-waveyellow:

[dans.brew]

Welcome fellow victorian! :handgestures-thumbupleft:
What spirits do you drink Chris?

[warramungas]

Greetings and sultanas!
Enjoy mate. Lots to learn.

[Maximus_Moonshine]

Thanks all for the welcomes.

Welcome fellow victorian! What spirits do you drink Chris?

I'm a bourbon man myself, but also enjoy rum (good quality rum that is) and gin.

My long term goal is to be able to craft a bourbon style whisky that will stand up against the best! For the time being though, I'm trying to master the basics. Starting with creating neutrals from a TPW, then I'll try gin using botanicals. After I feel competent at those, I might try a rum and then graduate to mashing and whiskies. That's the plan anyway.

Cheers

[RC Al]

Welcome mate

You already have a pot still, space & fermenters permitting, jump in and have a go of the rum - its barely a step up from a basic sugar wash, doing the generations thing isnt hard at all with the recipes on this site. I put off starting the "harder" sugar washes due to my small still size - now ive got it happening and my processes sorted , very happy with the results and wished i had started sooner, started with the nutrigrain wash and about to start my 2nd gen of an all corn BKWO
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=30 Rum
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=6 Sour mash bourbon/whiskey

Have fun!

[Professor Green]

Welcome to AD Chris.

If you’re keen to try a rum, give Mac’s Recipe a go, it’s a super simple recipe and makes a cracking Rum.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

[PJD]

Welcome mate. :greetings-waveyellow:

[Maximus_Moonshine]

Thanks for that!

Right, I'm all enthused now about doing a rum. Will try to source some molasses next week.

Cheers
Chris