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Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:35 pm
by BradM
Hi gang,
I thought I'd do the right thing and join the forum, I have been reading it on and off for ages.
I've been away from the hobby for quite a while now (moved interstate) and coming back to it, I see that there has been quite a few advances in the hobby in the last few years.
i've got an old Pure Distilling set up from when they first started and somewhere buried in a shed is an old 5L pot still that the HBS used to sell way back when. It will probably will never be used again!
Since I have started digging out the old equipment I have discovered the joys of voltage controllers so I will start to try all grain washes again as whenever I tried them in the past, they puked and scorched.
:greetings-waveyellow:

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:13 pm
by Wellsy
Welcome Brad

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:25 pm
by The Stig
Welcome Brad.
No point running a grain wash through the pure distilling rig and a 5L pot would drive me mental

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:34 pm
by BradM
Yes, no point in running grain washes through a boka - although I understand it wouldn't be too bad if I ran it without the packing. I intend to build a 2" pot still arm with a Dimroth condensor at some stage down the track.

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:12 pm
by dans.brew
Welcome mate! :greetings-waveyellow:
Pure distilling still aint the worst starting point out there.. mine made a few litres of what i class as clean neutral.
All the advice i ever got about removing the packing leaned towards not touching it. A simple pot is a great edition for brown spirits. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:42 pm
by Professor Green
Welcome BradM.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:27 pm
by southern45
Welcome aboard! :happy-partydance:

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:00 am
by MartinCash
Hi BradM,

Welcome! There seem to be more and more Tasmanians in the forums.

Don't throw away your 5L still: they're perfect for making gin.

MC

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:23 am
by PeeGee
MC and Southern45,
Trying to form a group in southern Tas. MC my message to you stuck in outbox. Has been for days.
Cheers and welcome
PeeGee

Re: Hi from the south island.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:29 pm
by BigRig
It will stay in your outbox until they read it. :handgestures-thumbupleft: