Hi everyone,
What is the term for someone below a newbie?? Whatever it is, that is what describes me! I am a complete novice from the Sunny Coast and stumbled on the forum by accident I guess.
I was looking at a local Home Brew Shop and saw a very shiny and good looking Turbo 500! I went in and asked a few questions and was given the spiel and was very tempted to buy on the spot. "Hmmm, maybe I should find a bit more about it" I thought. So home I went and cranked up the inter web and off I went. Suffice to say, my wanderings (not completely directly I might add) led me here and to this forum. After a while I have learnt that the smartest thing I did that day at the HBS was not to buy anything!
So now I am thoroughly bamboozled, but still interested in learning a whole lot more about the dark arts of distilling.
I will be spending the next few weeks reading as much as I can and trying to decide on an appropriate starting point that will allow me to kick me off on a learning curve without knocking my 'spirits' down too much!!
At this point my manufacturing skills (in terms of building any sort of still) are non existent, so I will be considering the best way to go to buy something relatively "off the shelf" to start with.
Looking forward to learning a whole lot more and trying to shorten my list of completely ridiculous questions to an acceptable minimum.
Natjac.