by username » Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:46 pm
Hi All,
Been a lurker for quite a while now, bout time i did the official and introduced myself.
Started with home brew near 3 years ago now.
Had my first kid 18 months ago and while spending countless hours a night completely voluntary awake, got to reading everything available with one hand scrolling and sparked my interest in spirits, got to say thought it would be much more complex than beers to get started, but it was very easy to get into.
After reading everything in newbies corner several times over built a 2" pot on keg using 4 ring gas burner over last xmas break, using spare keg as a fermenter.
First UJSM spirit run went on oak in January, of which ive restrained myself to keep a 5L Demi on oak since then, just had a finger dip and i can say i think this is a hobby that is definitely going to pay off.
Got into the pattern of 3-4 strip runs to a spirit run, keep 4L at 65% in a demi and chuck the rest into feints.
Have since done a 7 gen BWKO, 4 gen NGW and about to do first strip on McRum.
Did my first all feints run last weekend and pulled 12L at 65% of hearts, realized i am probably overly harsh with cuts but i guess that is a good thing until i know better.
Having fun with different oaks and trying some chips in the mix for an edge on flavour, now that im pretty hooked, piecing parts for a bubbler and looking to get more involved here, just wish i picked a normal user name as i was a little too paranoid about using my regular handle stk610.
Cheers all