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Why not write a couple of lines about what you did today.

I have just finished a 20L Rum spirit run. While that was bubbling away, I racked off 25 litres of Weetabix and All Bran from the heated fermenter into the settling bucket then recharged the fermenter with another batch of the same.

I put together my first sugar mash today in anticipation of receiving my t500 in about 4 days. I can't remember the last time I was as excited as I am now. Lol

I found a local Feed supplier who sells Mollasses. Got my self 5L for £7.95p
That saves me a long drive to Stockton on tees and back.

I also recently bought a SS Super Reflux. I may sell on a few of my other stills.
Shame there isnt a Sell Your Stuff section on the forum.

I'll be selling a Smart Still, Mint condition.
And a 30" column 2" copper pot head with a condensor and a tri clamp with silicon seal, and a free 50l beer keg.

Norm

After 3 months of no action I stripped my first 50lt wash of the year. Just a sugar wash but it feels great to get the equipment up and running again.

My new workshop/distillery in more or less finished but I'm going to have to rearrange my equipment setup to make it easier to manage things. While trying to make a minor adjustment to my parrot on the stripping run I managed to crack one of the joints and I'll have to remake it before I can use it again

AM

And I flogged some gear for cash then got my old Porsche 928 oot the garage washed it and then contributed to global warming sheer bliss

Shovel snow read a good article from a magazine April/May 1981 called Harrowsmith .The new Mooshiners Article

Is there a lot of still makers in the Uk. There is a couple of stores carrying in Canada . I was told there is problems shipping from USA to Canada

I went to a new to me LHBS and found some yeast nutrient, now I can make some rum
Also went to the LHBS that i like to shop at and picked up a package of stillspirits turbo yeast for another batch,,

washed and cleaned
1x pressure barrel
2x fermenting bins
5x 1 gallon demijohns
6x wine bottles
1x litre whisky bottle

shook me JD up,looked at many pictures and designs of different types of lm/vm coloums (i cant decide )

went shopping on fleabay for a water boiler,got out bid on two of them at the last second,and now just sampling some neutral white rum and cola while looking at coloums again

3x 35l single malt strips. 2 pukes. Had to run a lot slower than usual, was very foamy.
Looks to have been a busy old day for all us folks on here

Fixed the 4stroke generator
Beeswaxed the hiking boots and the workboots
Bottled a homebrewed Stout
Collected heaps of fruit and firewood
Set up a system test plan for a startup IT company
Recalibrated SWMBO-based favours via NUMEROUS domestic engineering duties

Blah blah blah....

What I do now is enjoy a gifted Laphroaig Triple Wood single malt (Barrel strength, neat).....as its 10 years (to the day) since I gave up smoking, and I reckoned that's a good thing personally.

Cheers to all. Have a great day.

I tried to make the cuts on yesterday's rum - I failed, will try again tomorrow.

Cooked some oxtails on an all day slow cook for dinner tonight, then helped my daughter paint a model castle for a school project.

Then did the spirit run on my single malt, got just shy of a gallon at barrel strength. Cut worked out about 74-63% so expecting a light whisky. Just running out the feints just now.

I woke up, then decided to make the Robostil rum and a turbo yeast batch,
I got a start SG of 1.114 on the molasses/yellow sugar wash for the rum,,
The turbo is bubbling pretty good,

Going to spend the day playing with my two granddaughters and babysitting my first ever sugar mash.:-)