New to the forum, Distilling Professional

[pintoshine]

It is me, pintoshine. I recently increased my business to the point where I no longer need a day job.
I do copper work in small quantities, professional technical consulting, teach at the Distilling Epicenter, get new startups up and running, and generally have fun with everything oriented around brewing and distilling.
I am no newb. I see a lot of familiar faces here and some upside down?
I am not here to sell anyone anything. I just want to hang out with some new people. Oh and see the pictures.

[SBB]

G'day Pint
Good to see you here and its great to have someone with your experience as a member on a newish forum like this one.
Im sure youll find plenty of pictures to look at here......hope you enjoy them.
Cheers SBB

[Cane Toad]

Hi Pint,and a BIG welcome

[pintoshine]

Thanks guys. I have been distilling and tasting for more than thirty years. My first distilling quest was for the perfect neutral, because I believed oak, heads and tails were a killer demon. I believed the results of drinking brown liquor, beer and wine were serious brain damage. I wanted to make what is basically pharmaceutical grade ethanol. Wow how boring is that. I used what is now commonly known as a bokakob style column to achieve that.
I recently built a bigger version 86 mm ID by 1.07M stainless job back in 2007 to get the neutral spirit I call Canadian Snow.
This is the most boring alcohol you could imagine. I achieved this in 1980 too. Until the internet and Dr Stone and Mike Nixon and Mike Mcaw et al I had no idea other were into this stuff like me.
I am educated and have a degree in electrical engineering, after having started as a Chem E. Switched because of job availability.
Because of my experience as a hobby distiller for so many years and my gift of being a super taster, I have been able over the past 4 years to be able to put my other hobbies into a real fun job.
Thank you for all your kind welcomes. Nice to see some new faces.

[MacStill]

Welcome pint, glad you made it :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[olddog]

Welcome Downunder Pint. :clap: :clap: :clap:


OD

[R-sole]

Howdy. Bloody serial spammer, 12 posts in one day...must be a record.


HereAnywayPunkin :lol: :lol:

[stubbydrainer]

G'day Pinto
Welcome to here :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
your reputation precedes you mate,I'm so glad you found us here in this little corner of the web

enjoy ya self and I promise not to bother ya with all the questions that I have meandering around in my head :laughing-rolling:

Cheers
Stubbs

[bradsgonetrekkin]

welcome pintoshine. I've been reading your stuff on HD and AD for a long time, good to see you on aussie distillers too :-D

[Kimbo]

Hi Pint,
welcome to the forum, good to have you here. :handgestures-thumbupleft: