First product from new distillery

[PeteB]

After 2 years of planning, growing, welding, building,plumbing,then malting, mashing,brewing and double distilling, I have finally produced my first batch of delicious rye spirit.

From a ploughed field, some sheets of copper and some used cooking oil for biodiesel (plus some scrounged/borrowed vats) I now have my own distillery making a very hands on 100% rye, most of which is to go into barrels for at least 2 years.

Thanks to all those on this forum who offered their advice.

I will certainly have lots more questions and hopefully I can help others as well.

PeteB

Tasmania

[Hughes]

Congratulations! Pretty cool in my (novice) opinion that you process the spirit, including all of its ingredients from cradle to grave. I'm under the impression this is rare among the craft distilleries, at least in the US. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Jonathan Forester]

Congratulations as well. That sounds great. I'm about a year behind you and look forward to hearing from you about what works and what doesn't. I'm just getting ready to talk with our farmer about what grains to plant this year. And I'm working on design of a malting house.