Hi from Mirriwinni.

[sacredsite]

I have recently bought a pot still and not knowing anyone who has one makes it hard to get started without making mistakes.
So I joined this forum to learn how to use it and what I can make with it.

[RuddyCrazy]

Welcome to the forum mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

your world has really opened up with that pot still addition and yes we do need pic's mate to see what you have and we can go from there. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

So with your T-500 you can make hearts of hearts then do an infusion at 40% and run it thru the pot still for one nice drop.

Cheers Bryan

[Wellsy]

Welcome sacredsite
Your pot still will make a lovely drop of whatever it is you are chasing.
Let us know what you want to make , first, and we can point you to some recipes. Pot stills are fantastic for doing brown spirits as they keep a lot of the flavour in the spirit. They are also relatively easy to use. There is only 1 thing to control and that is output speed via a voltage regulator.
If you do not have one of these life is going to be so much harder mate so the $50:00 outlay is well worth it.
I started with a pot still and still use it regularly.
Read the newbie section a few times and once you have run the still once or twice things will start to make even more sense.

[GrantB]

You definitely come to the right place to learn about this hobby.

Cheers

[sacredsite]

Welcome sacredsite
Your pot still will make a lovely drop of whatever it is you are chasing.
Let us know what you want to make , first, and we can point you to some recipes. Pot stills are fantastic for doing brown spirits as they keep a lot of the flavour in the spirit. They are also relatively easy to use. There is only 1 thing to control and that is output speed via a voltage regulator.
If you do not have one of these life is going to be so much harder mate so the $50:00 outlay is well worth it.
I started with a pot still and still use it regularly.
Read the newbie section a few times and once you have run the still once or twice things will start to make even more sense.

Thanks for the info, it seems the voltage reg will be my next purchase. (is there a preferred brand?)
What I want to make is controlled by the availability of product, ATM it is molasses freebie from a tame mill worker or bananas, cheap as chips around Innisfail.
The main concern I have is what I cannot ferment and distill, does oxalic acid become a problem and things like that.
thanks

[sacredsite]

Welcome to the forum mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

your world has really opened up with that pot still addition and yes we do need pic's mate to see what you have and we can go from there. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

So with your T-500 you can make hearts of hearts then do an infusion at 40% and run it thru the pot still for one nice drop.

Cheers Bryan

I bought the still spirits pot head to suit the turbo 500.
thanks

[Wellsy]

If you search power controller in the five star store you will see the type of thing you need.

I think most are similar and prices are similar so it’s all about the cost of postage.

Again mate read the newbie section a couple of times and it will start to click.

Molasses and bananas looks like you will be doing some nice rums :). I really don’t think there is much that you cannot ferment. My biggest suggestion would be fact check everything you see on Facebook and you tube as it is not always as simple as some might suggest. You just need to take your time and never leave your still unattended.

Please please please ignore the suggestion that you can run your still in an automated way as it is a sure fire way to disaster.

Get a rum ferment going, have a flick through the tried tested recipes and you won’t go wrong