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Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 8:04 pm
by JulianFNQ
The other week I finally decided to get into distilling. Well I have a cocktail bar to run and my access to duty free has dried up.
Had absolutely no idea how involved it was - until I jumped on this forum. Seems it is as big as you want to make it. Now I want to make it big. Have a background in chemistry and process systems. This is right up my alley!
The local brew shop almost had me sold on a T500, but being the investigative type, have “settled” on a 3” bubble plate which is yet to arrive. Yep, this is def going to be a hobby. Plan to start with basic white spirits, then rum, gin, and whisky.
The amount of information you guys put out there is amazing, hopefully over the years I will be able to contribute something meaningful.

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 8:36 pm
by Wellsy
Welcome Julian
Heaps of knowledgeable people here to help get you started

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:23 pm
by Sam.
Mate if you are planning on making alcohol and selling it over a bar without an ATO license to manufacture spirits and not paying excise you are going to end up in prison.

I seriously hope this isn't the case and you have looked into the legalities.

If you are intentionally trying to break the law in that way then this forum is not for you.

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:42 pm
by JulianFNQ
Seems I was being a bit unclear. The cocktail bar is in my house - very much for private use only, definitely NO SALES!

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:28 am
by Sam.
JulianFNQ wrote:Seems I was being a bit unclear. The cocktail bar is in my house - very much for private use only, definitely NO SALES!


:laughing-rolling:

Sorry mate for the abrupt response, I read that completely wrong, I hate that text is very one dimensional.

Moving forward im sure a plated still is going to solve most of your problems :handgestures-thumbupleft:

And also welcome to the forum :D

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 7:59 am
by woodduck
Welcome mate. plenty of fun to be had making your own spirits :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Enjoy the forum

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 8:53 am
by dans.brew
Welcome to the knowledge bowl! :greetings-waveyellow:
Definitely pays off to do a bit of research before spending the hard earned.
Good luck with the new toy coming!
Remember to put up a few pics, we love them round here.

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:37 pm
by JulianFNQ
Shiny new bubbler.

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:19 pm
by bluc
Noice :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:12 am
by Wellsy
I bet that was a long 5 weeks waiting for your baby to arrive.

Looks like it is a 30 kg bundle of joy and doesn’t it look wonderful

Enjoy the experiments Julian :)

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 2:39 pm
by JulianFNQ
Wellsy wrote:I bet that was a long 5 weeks waiting for your baby to arrive.

Looks like it is a 30 kg bundle of joy and doesn’t it look wonderful

Enjoy the experiments Julian :)


Yeah it was a long wait BUT, it gave me time to peruse this forum and work out what I needed to do when it arrived. First run, after my cleaning runs, was a WBAB. It turned out well with the ABV sitting at 93 to 91 the whole run. Was pulling at about 1.2 L/hr. After all 4 glasses fogged up the ABV started to drop and get tailsey, so I stopped collecting.
This forum is pure GOLD.

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 3:25 pm
by Wellsy
:text-+1:

It is frightening to think of doing any of this stuff without the advice of these guys mate..

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:08 pm
by M8Harry
Welcome to the forum :greetings-waveyellow:

Ya still looks impressive, good purchase mate.

Re: Hello from the Sunshine State

PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:24 pm
by southern45
Most definitely made the right choice going for that over the T500 from the brew shop! :handgestures-thumbupleft: