"I built my first still when I was in the sixth grade after reading about it in the Foxfire Series I had gotten for Christmas. Dad had a lodge buddy from Kentucky come help. It was very small and I never drank any of its product, I just thought it was cool! I even brought it to school and showed my science teacher!! Imagine that in this day in age! I soon forgot about it and didn't think of it again for over a decade. Then I built a few pot stills. The first ones were based on large enameled pots. Then a friend's dad showed me how to convert a pressure cooker into a still. Made some nasty likker, and some good. Things started to change when I found Tony Auckland's Kiwi Distiller site (now Home Distiller). My stills got better and my likker got stronger (not better). I dabbled in homemade likker of and on till I finally dug into the HD forum and started making Good Likker!!! My likker got real good when I gave up still making, my stills got better too! It took a long time and a lot of guts to actually become a member of the HD forum, not wanting to leave an electronic footprint. I am so glad I did!! I no longer feel like the lone still tender. Anyhow I am no scientist or fermentologist. I do however make consistently good likker for me, my friends, and family. I was hesitant to join, I only belonged to the HD forum and I don't hardly have time for it. However all these forums are filled with a huge compilation of knowledge. If I take, I should give. Besides Brewhaus has been very good to me:) Maybe I can be good to them now.

Thanks for having me
Shorty"

"Sorry that last post was kinda a trip down memory lane. Anyhow, those who now me from HD know I am a Wheat (Bran Flakes) Whiskey Fanatic I also just recently just make some mighty fine Rye Whiskey. I will soon start a post elsewhere in this forum about the recipe. Everyone needs a good simple whiskey recipe. Nothing against corn, wheat is just very unique and tasty! I will get to that this weekend. I got me a busy day ahead of me. Plus, I am about to start a big project for the summer and I soon will not have time to post anything. Anyhow, thanks again you all for having me!!!

Keep on stillin
Shorty"

Here ya go RCR! This is for you, Bubba:

For a 16 gallon mash:
5 lbs. Flaked Rye
3 boxes Generic Bran Flakes
20 lbs. Sugar
1 pkg. Prestige (or 2 pkgs. Ultra) Whiskey Yeast -or- 1/4 cup Baker's Yeast and 10 Generic Beano Caps

To make I boil three gallons water, crush cereal in bag and pour in fermenter with Rye and sugar. I then poor the boiling water in the fermenter and top off with five gallons of hot tap water. I then mix it well with a large drill mounted paint mixer. Top off with cool tap water and pitch yeast. It don't get much easier than that!! I have to say the Rye is mighty fine!! I think my friends might even prefer it to my Wheat Whiskey. Which I have to say is damn good itself. It hasngotten me much respect as a learned distiller among my friends and even makes me feel like I know what I am doing! It coincidentally is the same recipe except you substitute the flaked Rye with White Wheat Malt. Or if you don't want to wait on the UPS truck, just use six boxes Bran Flakes. I haven't had to adjust the pH, nor have I checked it. It usually ferments and clears in nine to fourteen days. However it actually tastes better when distilled uncleared (with propane). Since it usually takes two weeks for me to get a chance to distill it I usually just stir it up real good when I dip it out of the fermenter into the still.

Appreciate y'all!
Shorty