The rules by which we live

[Uncle Jesse]

Here is the official list of forum rules.

1. Nobody who is under age is welcome here. These forums are not for people who are under legal drinking age in their particular location. Please don't sully our reputation through your actions.

2. Be polite and courteous. Remember that nobody is perfect and nobody knows everything. We've all got our strengths and limitations which is why we share information with each other in the first place. Remember that we're all different and nothing is going to change that fact.

3. Please use the "search" feature before asking novice questions. We're willing to help, but we're more willing to help if you take the time to familiarize yourself first.

4. No porn. Don't post it.

5. Do not discuss politics or religion. These forums are a friendly place for a community which shares a common interest: creating high quality spirits. These discussions only divide people and quickly lead to flaming and hard feelings.

6. No discussions of illicit drugs, their extraction, manufacture or improvement. These forums are for discussing the creation and enjoyment of high quality spirits, not the promotion of mind altering substances.

7. No racism. I don't care what your views are on people who aren't the same color or ethnic heritage as you, keep them to yourself. Remember that I'm a minority as are many others of our members.

8. These forums take a very strong negative view on the usage of plastics in distilling. It simply is not safe to use in any area of hobby distilling (however HPDE buckets are acceptable for fermentation.) There simply are too many types of plastics and lack of reliable information about plastics, for us to reliably advocate its usage anywhere in distillation apparatus. Also, from past posting history, this topic seems to quickly boil down into an almost religious like flame war. Thus we simply will not put up with it, and posts about any form of plastic use will be edited, deleted or locked.There is a forum for proven info for or ageist any material (material/safety)
9. It is the hope of this forum to promote the legislation of home distilling as a legal hobby here in the United States. One of our goals, is to prove a quality product can be done safely by the home distiller for personal use only. So any discussion of selling bartering or trading any distilled liquor unless by a licensed distillery will not tolerated. Such post will be edited, deleted or locked.

10. Enjoy the information offered here and share your knowledge with us.