Good to know it’s being put to good use, I’ve been busy with work for quite a while now after I got a promotion.

As for hobbies I had a couple of weeks off in August last year and decided to build a PC flight simulator, at first with cheap, second hand parts but now 12 months later it’s got quite a ...

@Mash

It’s been a while and I’ve been wondering lately if your mate got to grips with the Still?
So I thought I’d pop up and bump this old thread, I do sometimes miss the old distillation game but I don’t really have time if I’m honest with myself, there were two corni keg, one full of rum strip ...

I’m on the ferry home from the Isle of Man ,
Spotted a cheap air still on Facebook market place and for a second I thought .. Maybe

Hi Guys

I’m officially out of the game, sold the family silver (or stainless Steel in this case) to one of Mash’s mates.

Big thank you to Mash for putting me in contact with the buyer.

Happy stilling everyone and stay safe

Added a few pics I found on my phone, I will get some new ones once I’ve tidied my garage a little

Sorry guys been busy at work, Mash, I will send you my details

I had a Mercedes C350e for 3 years, it was a Plug in Hybrid and I can honestly say I never plugged it in as there was a setting to charge as you drive.

On paper it did 134mpg, reality was about 34mpg, it had a 2lt twin turbo petrol engine giving just over 200bhp and an 80bhp electric motor with a ...

Hi Guys

I’ve come to the stark realisation recently that I’m probably not going to be distilling anymore, it’s been over a year since I made some finished spirit and I have to say my relationship with alcohol has changed somewhat.

I still drink but to be perfectly honest, I don’t want to for ...

Hi All

Cars ordered so no going back now, took a little longer than expected as my company wouldn’t let me have the M Sport trim, apparently sporty trims are not in keeping with the company image, so instead of a plain white M Sport model, I’ve ordered a Sunset Orange standard model

Happy New Year Guys

I’m going to get a full electric car, don’t like the look of Tesla’s so I’m thinking a BMW i4 Grand Coupe M Sport, it’ll required a 32 amp charging circuit being installed in my garage!

That will come in handy

Hi Mash

Are you still freeze stripping washes?

I forgot that was your go to method

Apologies for the wonky picture, it’s been quite a while since I uploaded a pic.

That’s Ice you can see on the lid by the way

Anyone else running their still in this weather?

With the XMAS deadline looming I’ve no choice but to crack on and strip a wash, just feel like I’m throwing good money away by doing it in the freezing cold!!

I’m surprised my wash wasn’t frozen as it’s been sat in the still for a week!

I’m driving to Scotland on Thursday, coming back Friday afternoon, that will be fun

Hi Moss

Wow that’s super low, I’m guessing your HDL must have been almost non existent?

Dave Feldman

https://youtu.be/y8pybQjVeiQ

I confess to not understanding all the terms etc, but have delta with type 2 my way.
Stopped drinking beer, total, and no booze at all Monday to Friday and nothing
between meals, Fruit instead of choc.
Result , lost 2.5 Stone and HBA down from 56 to 38 .


Similar to me, I got from HbA1C of 63 ...

Thats heading the right way.

I am trying to work out reducing a cholesterol of 9 without statins. Not sure if alcohol is part of it.


Hi Mash

Total cholesterol by itself is a worthless number and does not predict the risk of heart disease with any certainty, what has been shown to be a much ...

I take so many naffin pills that I don't have room for food!!!


This is the problem with modern medical care, Doctors are very good at proscribing pills to treat various symptoms, but they don’t tackle the underlying root cause of the disease!

For example Type 2 diabetes is a combination of ...

It’s our modern diet, full of processed carbohydrates, sugar and seed oils.

We didn’t evolve as a species over the last 3 million years eating carbs everyday! In nature carbs become available in the autumn to help us fatten up to survive the winter, these days winter never comes!

I eat a low carb ...

I remember this thread affectionately from StillSmart, anyone know what happened to Brian?

Today I’ve fired up my still for the first time since this time last year (long story) I made two 40lt (out or date) Vodka Star wash’s with 10kg of sugar in each, this one been sitting in the still for over a ...

Hi Mash

I also refused Statins but I don’t avoid eating eggs or any other cholesterol containing foods!

You may not believe this at first but the “Diet Cholesterol Heart Hypothesis” is a complete fabrication that’s hoodwinked medical professionals and governments the world over.

I apologise if I ...

On the plus side and related to this thread I’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of years researching and learning about metabolic health, having been diagnosed type 2 diabetic in may 2020, I refused the medication and took matters into my own hands.

I didn’t get another blood test until ...

Hi Mash

It’s the first of two 40lt wash’s, I normally make 3 for a neutral run but been lazy this time!

My house, including my garage has had a new roof this year, the mess it made in my garage was unbelievable, dust and bits of rubble all over home brew gear, you could look up through the rafters ...

Evening Icefever

Long time no speak, glad your in good health, I’m just making my seemingly annual visit to the forum, I haven’t distilled a drop this year but I do have a 40lt wash sitting in my boiler so thats got to count for something 😂



Maybe I’ll strip it at the weekend before it ...