How to make a moonshine still at home
How to make a moonshine still is what most people who are interested in making their own liquor are curious about. There are two types of moonshine stills that can be used for distillation of moonshine at home. These are the Reflux still and the Pot Still. These are pretty simple to make as well as to operate.
The Pot still is made up of two components which are the Condenser and the Pot. The pot is a container used to heat the brew and the condenser is used for converting the vaports or escaping spirits into liquid. All you need is an old pressure cooker (aluminum or stainless steel) which has a capacity of 1 gallon. This should have a lid that fits tightly. To make the condenser you should have copper tubing that is 10 mm diameter and wind it over something like a broom shank that is wrapped tightly with newspapers and tape to get the desired size, so that it forms a coil. Next you would have to plug one end of the tube and fill the tube with ordinary salt with the help of a funnel. When this is done seal the other end so that the tube does not collapse when you bend it. This will make it easy for you to wrap it around the broom shank. After the coil is formed saw off or unplug the ends and take all the salt out. The cooler you keep the coil, the more efficiently the condenser will work.
Take a bucket and drill a hole in its side and pass the coil (bottom end) though it. The other (top) end of the tube should be an inch under the bucket top. Fit the coil so that the bottom tube end sticks out of the hole and then seal the opening and gaps with a waterproof sealant. Make sure that there is an opening on the pot lid so that the vapors can escape. Once you do this fix a meter of plastic tubing over the opening so that these vapors are caught and can be transferred into the coil in the condenser.
If you want to build your own moonshine still at home then you should know that it may not be a legal thing to do in the first place. This is because there are many laws passed that restrict the production of moonshine at home. However there is nothing illegal about actually building a moonshine still in many places you could still be breaking the law. If you visit your local library or go online you will find a lot of information and instructions as to how to make a moonshine still at home.
How to make a moonshine still is what you get in books and online sites that take you step-by-step though all the procedures that are involved in producing different types of spirit alcohols.