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Yes, only 5L stills for essentials oils are allowed.. "But we also sell these 20L tanks that just happen to fit in place of the 5L ones as well. Not that we are suggesting you could swap them around and distil 20L at a time..."

Honestly, i wouldn't drink from some one else distilling. To easy to miss some methanol...

Home brewed wines and beers...wont turn down. I really should buy a kit to make my own, basement would be perfect for that.

CHEERS 1 beer is too many & a carton is never enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the major methanol poisonings happen from the government mandated amounts added to denatured industrial ethanol supply. The mandated 2% then more and more as the underground mob people would try to clean it they would miss more and more. The would clean a batch of 2% then do the same to a batch of 4% allowing some to get through. A large amount was from misinformation as the people would get a gallon of industrial ethanol then soak it in junipers to make some ghetto gin not knowing it was government mandated denatured.Just another case of tens of thousands poisoned and killed due to governments meddling in citizens lives.

It is not hard to get rid of the foreshot(so I have heard). I would trust more methanol would be removed from a distilled wine then the wine itself even with someone who lacks skills but has enough sense to toss out the first wee bit. If the foreshot is there you should be able to smell it(so I am told)

first bit smells disgusting. I used to throw away a bit more, just in case. certainly until the refllux head was operating at above methanol temps.

then watered down to ~40% and carbon filtered. Cleanest white spirit you could ever drink. Best flavour was a split vanilla bean in the bottle for 2 weeks.

Hi folks ! A subject close to my heart and belly ! I live east of the bay area here in California . Were in the middle of SF beer week and as for my latest favorite it's anything from Heretic brewing . As an avid homebrewer I love Belgian inspired and a well balanced pale ale . But a nice crisp light lager . Won't turn it down .

Gazza, if you can get hold of an old fridge and someone who is handy with stuff, change the thermostat over to an air-con one and run the fridge at a warmer temp, 20ish, for your brewing. keeps the brew coming all year

Jees you sleeping Jaymie 3 pages before you pop up
want to know anything about beer or spirits just ask Jaymie

don't do much spirits, cidre, and gibner geer

Tried a scotish ale called Sheep Shagger last night and I reckon if you had a few of them , sheep might start to look rather attractive

Where is your sense of adventure

This micro brewery in Melbourne proves brewing does not need be too serious.
It's called "Piss Beer"

http://www.pi55.com/

It's been going since about 1999 and I must admit the beer's actually not too bad!
But I recon I'd buy it just for the packaging!

They even have a light beer called "Piss Weak"

iron House brewery is really nice from out the Tasmanian east coast they do a lovely Porter!!!!

Taking advantage of cooler weeks here and there this summer. Have managed to keep topping up the shelves most of summer. Couldn't have done that last year. Unfortunatly I'm down to the last batch of Pale Ales, and have to wait at least another month before Novembers English Bitter will be old enough - may have to trudge down to the local to pick up some packaged muck. Fortunaly there is a good range now.

Bottled a brew of English bitter on Saturday, and it has good flavours stright out of the kettle. Ready to drink 15th May. Damn thats a long time to wait, but wait you must.

Hmmm, beer! Must be getting close to that time of day!

I keg my homebrews which are all pale ales done with pilsner and caraaroma grain, and gas them up and drink straight away. I prefer the fresh taste to that of the same beer bottled and left to age.