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Another Kiwi...

Postby 2MEKE » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:56 pm

Hi all
Yet another Kiwi joins the ranks. Been reading many stilling forums over the last couple of weeks decided I liked yours.
I'm newish to this hobby (the old man makes Tsikoudia) and have just started to build a slant plate Boka (first build).
All going well, next up is a ... well lets just see how this turns out first.
Cheers Jamie
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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby kelbygreen » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:59 pm

welcome jamie :handgestures-thumbupleft: looks like your well underway
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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby Linno » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:12 pm

Gday Jamie

welcome to the forum mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby crow » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:30 pm

yep welcome here jamie
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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby JayD » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:58 pm

Welcome to the forum... :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby MacStill » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:18 pm

Welcome to our humble community, I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here.

Nice work on the boka too :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Another Kiwi...

Postby Sam. » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:18 pm

Welcome aboard bud
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Another Kiwi...

Postby Urrazeb » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:20 pm

Welcome Jamie! To our little piece of the www :) don't be shy of showing ya build!
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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby SBB » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:17 pm

Welcome to the forum Mate, but wtf is this (the old man makes Tsikoudia)
Edit: scuze my ignorance , just had a poke around the net......looks to be close to a Grappa type drink, how does it turn out ????
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Another Kiwi...

Postby BackyardBrewer » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:37 pm

Welcome aboard so Cretian grappa eh?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsikoudia
Nice!
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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby bt1 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:19 am

Welcome,

saw the build post..certainly hit the ground running...nice work.

Enjoy the learning curve it's a lot of fun. Look forward to hearing how the first run goes...

enjoy!

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Re: Another Kiwi...

Postby 2MEKE » Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:26 pm

Cheers guys

Dad's Tsikoudia is good...just not quite as good as the Cretan stuff. (and he's only got 2L left from the last trip :crying-blue: )
It's best drunk cold.
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