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I have thought of distilling myself. But a bit afraid too... like yourself, if I like doing something... I am all in. I can easily get obsessed and not stop until I perfect my skills.My best advice to you, BTW - is the same as BULLDOG - take advantage of the enormous experience and advice that is out there.
That $6000 or so I have in it... I could have save at the very least half that if only knew of the better processes that are out there. As well as build your own systems.
I built my own venting system... a professionally built vent system with high enough cfm cost as much as $1500 or more. But a guy at homebrewtalk.com showed how he built his, including all of the parts... I made it for less than $200. And it works fantastic.
Sign up on one of the main forums out there. You can save $1000's and many, many headaches.
If get into it I'll definitely look into more and better ways to make it.
I dont drink beer as much as I used to and the wine is mainly for the Wife I'm just looking forward to the process.
I really want to make my own whisky's and vodka. If I'm going to live in the boonies I'd love to find a more cost effective way than running down to the liquor store and spending $400 bucks every week or so.
Plus it'll be fun to see if I can turn out a decent product.
Example... I have a beer house. Yep... a nice stone building that is 100% dedicated to brewing beer. It is air conditioned and heated.
I put in a hardwood floor, the vent system.... fermentation chambers... I can go on.
I am afraid if I start to distill I will go whole hog!!
The legalities of it will keep me from getting to crazy.
It's still illegal in Texas to make your own yet It's perfectly legal to own a still.
Go figure.