oh yes what about well water?

What about yeast Ijust went to the grocery store and bought a 3 pack of tradional yeast active dry I do not have a brew shop near me i think to but other yeast?

The best advice for Arich and Silverio is just be PATIENT and read through this forum, it contains most of your answers fellas. Have fun distilling AND learning. You can use any vessel for fermentation as long as it is food grade. I haven't had a issue with my fermenter being in the sun, actually I leave it in front of a window so the sun will help it stay a little warmer, but that's what works for me. As long as it works for you, the method isn't wrong, we all do it differently. Now as far as sweet feed mash goes, I usually make a 9% mash with a sg of 1.068. My 6.5 gallon fermenter takes 5lb of sugar and a pint of honey(I have access to cheap honey) to do this. I pitch 1oz of distillers yeast and 5tsp of fermax. It really is pretty easy mash. Enjoy guys, more importantly be patient and have FUN. I forgot, I also usually put about a gallon of likker in there with the mash to help with potential bacteria problems...
Read,read,read.

JD

Probably doesn't need the nutrients but I have just always used it. I do intentionally keep my abv low because it produces a better product, I mostly use the ol pot still so I'm in it for flavor. The added alcohol gets diluted by 2.25 to 1 ratio basically when adding the rest of the water, I've been told it helps ward off the bad stuff,but who knows, never tried without it and never had any problems. Then again, I'm no expert on sweet feed, this is only my 5th try at it. The yeast may be capable of going up to 20% but time and time again everyone says don't max it out, so I don't. I did one other grain recipe and took my whiskey yeast to its capability of 15% and it wasn't that good. Mashed same recipe again at 9.5 and it was far better. Try it both ways and see what you like. I've read that you mostly use reflux right? You might as well just do sugar washes if youre stripping the flavors, it'd be easier on the wallet.