I for one, agree with you, if you come up with an idea that helps someone, or all, share it with all. Â The money will come after you do that. For me any idea...
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TODP
cd_caron
Mar 7, 2013 5:59 am
Don't let 'em get to ya Robert.. they got to me early also.. I just posted a reply to one of your last notes!! Slim crowd here!! I am SURE I will be banned...
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bleu jeanzz
bleujeanzz
Mar 7, 2013 5:59 am
Robert, I agree it might be time for you to sit back and observe. By your own admission you are a newbie, yet you feel the need to hand out advise on a...
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goodmle23
Mar 7, 2013 6:00 am
I am an experienced winemaker, and now want to try distilling. I've built a simple pot still with a large flask, some copper tubing, some icewater for...
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fermin Alarcon
fermin_alarcon
Mar 7, 2013 6:01 am
awrite already stop before someone calls you a couple of !@#$ ... assumption. Since this forum is not in place to share information and ideas, I will...
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tgfoitwoods
Mar 7, 2013 6:31 am
Wow! Let a guy stay away from the forum for a while and the natives get frisky! A couple of important things - many of us have had a shot at Robert's ...
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tgfoitwoods
Mar 7, 2013 6:50 am
Lee, Because I'm not exactly sure how you made your cuts, it's hard for me to tell exactly what you've got, but I have a theory about grape brandy flavor. Most...
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James Gates
panache_fine...
Mar 7, 2013 6:51 am
Please someone email me when the discussion returns to distilling. Please someone email me when the discussion returns to distilling....
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Fredrick Lee
AreoSpike
Mar 7, 2013 7:43 am
Guy Kawasaki, blah blah blah, black swan. Speak your story, Lady Gaga, or else someone is going to rip it off before you've established it's yours. All of this...
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waljaco
Mar 7, 2013 11:18 am
Not so revolutionary! For example - http://tinyurl.com/bc28lhw http://tinyurl.com/q6q6t6 http://www.google.com/patents/US20120273338 wal...
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waljaco
Mar 7, 2013 11:22 am
Corrected URL...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Mar 7, 2013 11:35 am
ZBob and Robert-  I personally want to thank you ZBob for this reply. Although I am relativily a new member on this group, I am by no means a greenhorn to...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Mar 7, 2013 11:45 am
Great answer and good advice WB Â Â ________________________________ From: tgfoitwoods <zymurgybob@...> To: new_distillers@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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girlguidebis...
Mar 7, 2013 12:45 pm
"I would be interested to hear why a post to a new distillers group is the best way to market a revolutionary new alcohol separation process. Sound to me more...
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Fredrick Lee
AreoSpike
Mar 7, 2013 3:30 pm
In the world of intellectual property, it's widely presumed the best money making ideas need to be kept secret. That presumption is incorrect. Take a world...
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Jim Graves
jimbull34
Mar 8, 2013 7:58 am
Way back, around the 14-1500's, brandy was placed on ships going to Africa and brandy could not be sold in Europe until it crossed the equator. Â The trip...
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goodmle23
Mar 8, 2013 8:00 am
Thanks...and your answer is literally "from the horse's mouth". I used your book to build my first still, and the only variation that I made was that I used a...
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Thomas
stought1
Mar 8, 2013 3:29 pm
Hello,everyone! I have had some fun trying distillation and reading this forum, then it sunk in that I am actually committing a felony. Anyone have any...
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White Bear
sha_man_1
Mar 8, 2013 5:38 pm
 Tom- If you are really concerned with the legalities of distilling small amounts, file for your alternative fuel license. Then you are sure to be legal. ...
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Wes Deviers
hburgwes
Mar 8, 2013 6:57 pm
I have heard (which is to say, this is hearsay, mind) is that failing to render fuel alcohol undrinkable is actually much worse than your first couple of...
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local yokel
stridemiester
Mar 8, 2013 6:58 pm
There is definitely a contingent risk in home distilling as a hobby, no way around it without licensing in the US. As a reality though, if you don't tell,...
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local yokel
stridemiester
Mar 8, 2013 7:03 pm
I would agree 100%. Just like running off road diesel in your pickup on the highway. If they catch ya, it's gonna be bad because you are breaking trust with...
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tgfoitwoods
Mar 8, 2013 7:51 pm
Wes and Local, Whether I'm right or wrong, I made the same decision you two are advocating, maybe 35 years ago. It seemed to make sense then, for the reasons...
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Chris Cameron
gillig960502001
Mar 9, 2013 1:08 am
You're living under the Obama regime, You're losing your rights every day....
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Jim Graves
jimbull34
Mar 9, 2013 1:08 am
Well if y'all are wrong, so am I, count me in! Â James D. Graves ________________________________ From: tgfoitwoods <zymurgybob@...> To:...
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Lee Goodman
goodmle23
Mar 9, 2013 1:09 am
As a complete newbie, I went to my local brewshop to find out whether they stocked the various grains that I plan to use. The salesman asked me whether I...
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Ellen Zachos
acmeplant
Mar 9, 2013 1:10 am
Hello everyone, I've been lurking for a while, learning what I can. I've just been given a copper alembic 5L still which I'd like to use to distill brandy....
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Rob Lewis
groblewis
Mar 9, 2013 1:10 am
I'm planning to build the 5 gal still described in Bob's book Making Fine Spirits. But I figure as long as I'm at it, why not make it convertible from a pot...
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Chris Cameron
gillig960502001
Mar 9, 2013 4:35 am
Why not just put in a couple of thumpers?...
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Chris Cameron
gillig960502001
Mar 9, 2013 4:36 am
Isn't it easier to ask forgiveness than ask for permission?...