Hi all from Wide bay

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

Hi all just a quick hi from the wide bay area brought the still second hand been thinking of getting into this hobby for awhile but never got there until now did a cleaning run this arvo then a sac run with some shop goon planning on running my first TPW tomorrow

[Sam.]

Welcome to the forum... :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

thanks sam been doing a lot of reading on this forum lots to learn by the looks of it

[Sam.]

There is more than you can imagine mate :D

What do like to drink and make? that will help the guys here guide you on how to make some high quality gear :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

drink of choice is jim beam but this hobby should allow me to experiment a bit more already planning on putting down a couple of molasses washes jumping in head first :scared-eek:

[Urrazeb]

Welcome mate. Mollases rum wash was my cherry popper and I still have a single bottle of the good stuff left.

Have a poke around and you should find answers to questions you never even knew to ask :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Go hard HB

[Zak Griffin]

Welcome mate... Wont be long before you can't stand the smell of Beam because your stuff is so much better.

I give it 6 months before you are building or buying a bubbler :handgestures-thumbupleft: :laughing-rolling:

[BIG D]

Welcome mate... Wont be long before you can't stand the smell of Beam because your stuff is so much better.

I give it 6 months before you are building or buying a bubbler :handgestures-thumbupleft: :laughing-rolling:

:text-+1: welcome mate enjoy and wait for the obsession to set in. :D

[1 2many]

Welcome mate... Wont be long before you can't stand the smell of Beam because your stuff is so much better.

I give it 6 months before you are building or buying a bubbler :handgestures-thumbupleft: :laughing-rolling:

:text-+1: welcome mate enjoy and wait for the obsession to set in. :D

:text-+1: And welcome to the forum :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Danish]

Welcome mate... Wont be long before you can't stand the smell of Beam because your stuff is so much better.

I give it 6 months before you are building or buying a bubbler :handgestures-thumbupleft: :laughing-rolling:

:text-+1:

i only have 4 runs under my belt, and are designing a bubbler as we speak.

welcome to this place of extreme knowledge, and friendly people

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

Thanks all doing a run now without checking temp of alcohol getting 86% got about 1.3lt so far after taking off the first 100 just sniffing as I go 200ml cuts sniff an tip into single bottle just to get feel an smell of a run plan on doing cuts on next runs though

[Zak Griffin]

You'll be better off stripping a couple of washes, and rerunning the low wines for a spirit run... Will give you a cleaner, higher ABV% product :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

Yeah I have gathered that from the forum it has a wealth of knowledge but starting out I'm getting a feel for the still as I'm unsure at what temp the still should run at for the run got a little 12v pump 3lt per hr running the cooling water temp started bout 74-5 now sitting bout 76-7 should I be running it higher temp still getting pretty good flow of spirit so far

[hillzabilly]

After a few runs this will make more sense.cheers hillzabilly

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

Lol haven't had a drink yet and that made my head hurt lol so if I slow the flow down an take the temp up it will collect quicker which would be a stripping run? But if I keep the water flow at my 3lt/min it will keeps the temp down and it comes out pure as possible? :?

[Zak Griffin]

Spot on mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

Thanks for that it helps the headache lol

[MacStill]

Built my first still when living Glenwood, also started this forum while living there, although Wide bay is a huge area & the meals at Gunalda pub were awesome too..... nicest part of the country in my opinion.

Welcome to the forum :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Hillbilly_moonshiner]

Couple of hours north of there close to bundy can't say I've been to the gunalda pub

[hillzabilly]

Thanks for that it helps the headache lol

Sorry Hillbilly forgot my manners ,welcome to the foRUM hope ya run went well.cheers hillzabilly