George is responsible for my passion for home distilling! George taught me everything from A to Z. George is legendary! George, Bearded & Jesse...RU-vid's OG of home distilling!
I totally agree! Really missed George and go back and watch him and bearded and Jessie. But I really wish bearded would get a mic to ware and or add curtains or something in the room to kill the echo. He has a nasal voice and it’s hard for some of us to make out what is slurred with the echo. Really like hearing it all. Also he cut George off when George was about to say why he’s been off the Chanel. Not good. Not good at all. Dang. Now I don’t know???
Welcome back George. I will be eternally grateful for your help and guidance in my distillation journey. I have learned an enormous amount from your informative, easy to understand videos. Distillation has become a bit of an obsession for me after 5 years of enjoying the hobby. I would love to see you do some content at a more advanced level to help me in my continuing journey. I am grateful to live in New Zealand where we enjoy more realistic laws regarding distillation. I truly am really glad to see you back and greatly appreciate your efforts and the time you have put in to growing this hobby all round the world. Many thanks George.
George is only I bought a small still and why I distill. He gave so much of the basics, and taught me every step of the way. Today I make 10 gallons a year, usually spend 2-3 weekends in fall for first 5 gallons, the 2-3 weekends in Spring for the 2nd 5 gallon. To this day, I pull up his videos to make sure I do not mess up my corn bourbon grain mashes. His video on making a water chiller out of air conditioner I repeated. His video of using fish aquarium heaters to keep my mash at a perfect temp was copied ETC. If he does 1 video every 2 months, I'll be the happiest subscriber. Welcome back George!!! yes!!
George helped me understand what are essential basics of distilling. i had been Distilling some time with some success but he took me from guess my best to actually understanding it as a craft and science
First, it's great to see _You_ back ... and now George too? Fantastic! You are both a credit to the hobby. Vevor, your sponsor, I started with their basic 8 gal kit. As I learned more I tinkered and modified it with Vevor and Amazon parts. Now it can run in various configurations, original, 2" column w/ copper lining or packing, deflag or not, plates or not, worm or shotgun condenser. It's a great tool to learn on and, unlike an air still, easy to grow as your skills do. I've learned so much and been inspired by you, George, Jesse, and Alan Bishop (One Piece At A Time Distilling Institute) here on RU-vid and from the forum. I hoist a dram of my finest hypothetical single malt to you all.
Great news !!!! In 1981 or 82 , I ordered " The Lore Of Sill Building " , out of the back pages of Field & Stream magazine . My brother and I followed the info and made some sugar shine . What a hot liquor it was . But thats how we started and that was the best info we had . Then I saw ( decades down the road ) George's videos and what a difference in info will make in your final product . Brother past in 2020 , I still continue , and knock one back with him and with some music every night . From a brother in San Antonio , WELCOME BACK G. D. Thank you Bearded One !
WoW! Cherry bounce and our missing guru in one amazingly video. Thank you, Brother Bearded! Maybe Brewbird can get that long overdue interview now. Thanks again, very very happy to see for myself George is well
god I'm so happy George is ok, i really missed you dude, your the godfather of homebrew and distilling that everyone can understand, George, Bearded and Jessie all together in a session has got to be a bucket list moment. keep going Sir, your loved and appreciated more then you realise.
So very glad to see that George is doing well and plans to make videos again. Hearing this has made my entire weekend. Thank you Bearded & Bored for being the bearer of such good news. 🙂
Man, I'm so glad to see George again! He opened a whole new world to me. And bearded and Jesse have helped in so much. Thank you guys! George looking forward to what ever you may do!!
Wow, this is great news...you said it all. George was my foundation for learning about the hobby and art behind the process that my family was involved in 100 years ago. I'm so excited for future videos and you can bank on me tuning in!
I've been watching Jesse for quite some time now, and he has led me to you and George. The amount of information from the trio, is freaking awesome!!! I'm greatly appreciative of your channels. It's almost an overload, but I'm good at taking notes. Keep the content coming. Thank you so much for your hard work and great content.
It makes me so happy that George is ok and a bonus of going to start posting videos again at some point! He is the first big channel I found that got me interested and started in the hobby along with building some of my own equipment and controllers!! Cheers and stay safe!!
It’s great seeing you two together again. George, you allowed me to take a curiosity and turn it into a great hobby. The world is a better place with you in front of the camera!
George is my inspiration. I think you and I started the same time. I made cherry bounce. I used both tart and sweet cherry juice, cracked corn, malted barley and locally sourced honey. It turned out spectacularly!! And, having heritage from Islay, George gave me the confidence to try my own single malt barley spirit, that I call Pennsylvania scotch. So excited to hear from my mentor George, again! My success and pride in this wonderful hobby was because of our buddy, George!! Salute to you, George, my friend!! The best thing I learned from George is to ferment on the fruit of which flavor you desire, because, once you do the soaking of the fruit, it intensifies the natural flavors.
So thankful bearded you always bring out great content👊, but so great full you kept in contact with George, he was the first I learnt from, and then Jessie and you for great recipes and inspiration, it’s been such a learning curve you three have helped me so much , will be great to see George back ❤️
George was the ONLY informative channel in my “apprenticeship” days & im grateful for his explanations….& now he’s thinking of returning I’m hoping George will do the things that make HIM happy & drag us along for the ride!!! I’m so pleased he’s had a well earned break. Only do what you like & not as frequently, so you can enjoy the return n have fun. I’m super happy he’s well n rested. Don’t take any pressure George!!!
Well, HOT DAMN!!! Awesome to see George back. He taught me how to be a distiller. Jesse helped, but George got down in the weeds and taught me how it's done. For that, I owe him. Thanks for all you do Bearded and Thanks to you George! Cheers! Looking forward to more great content!
Awesome recipe, can't wait to give it a try. SOOOO DAMN HAPPY to see George again - alive and well! We missed you sir. Seriously. Big love from Australia ❤
I'm really excited the see George is coming back! And you just reminded me of the jar full of cherrys and the jar of blueberries I've had soaking in the garage for a few years! Lol
Jessie from Still It sent me here. Have been using them both as references, now starting to work through your back catalog as well. Here in NZ distillation for personal use is permitted, so the access to and range of equipment and supplies is good. The knowledge on these channels is definitely what makez tye difference, provides the inspiration and, as you say, the sense of community.
GEORGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So very happy to see you! After spending what has to be DAYS watching your videos and learning so much from you I am so happy to see you back! I hope when you come back you can do it in a healthy way! Also glad you have had some R&R!
Glad to hear George is coming back. I would watch his videos like an online class. His instructions were detailed enough to add to my learning journal.
So glad to hear George is doing good and taking care of himself first off, but soo glad to hear he is coming back!!! I enjoying watch all three of you guys!!!
My cherry bounce recipe started with (for a 5 gallon mash) 6 lbs cracked corn, 2 1/2 lbs malted barley, 1 gallon each tart and sweet cherry juice, and 16 oz of local honey, ( I warmed the honey in the cherry juice and water for the mash) and 4 lbs of raw sugar. Then, the finished spirit soaked in half tart and half sweet cherries. I think have one pint yet. It is phenomenal!!
Watching you two geek out about y(our) shared passion makes me smile. You guys along with Jessie have done incredible work disseminating good information to the community. Many thanks!
George is an icon. I glad nothing was seriously wrong with him. I have enjoyed all his videos. I have gone back and looked at several over and over. Good to have you back partner from Crockett, Tx.
What I like to do for Xmas is prunes in gin. Put prunes into a ball jar, fill with gin. Leave for 12 - 18 months. The gin ends up tasting like a brandy and the prunes will help warm you up on a cold winter day. Welcome back George! We have missed you. Cheers.
So the reason I purchased the vevor is because of your review. Thanks I’ve used it twice and looking at a different setup for my space. So relieved George is alive and healthy. His is the grand daddy of this hobby on RU-vid imo. Super excited to see some new content even if it’s just to catch up with his loyal viewers. Missed ya sir.
Man I literally had arguments with people about George. People were saying he was deceased and I would ask where they got that information. Long story short no one could prove it and you have no idea the smile I had on my face just to see that George was okay and I cannot wait for his next video.
Hell yes...love George. Totally educated myself on George's catalog and was just left wanting more when he stopped. Welcome back Top, we'll be watching.
