What can you make moonshine from. How to make moonshine at home - instructions and drawings

Having tried many varieties of vodka at a price of 100-600 rubles per bottle, I realized that high-quality moonshine is much better. After all, unfortunately, it is simply impossible to drink today's vodka, and it is quite difficult for an ordinary person to buy real Russian vodka. For all these reasons, I decided to make a homemade apparatus for the production of moonshine.

Now, for the production of vodka, real grain alcohol is rarely used. Vodka producers can even get alcohol from natural gas. The most disgusting store tinctures for alcohol - "With honey" and "Cowberry" contain artificial additives that interrupt the terrible smell of bad alcohol, but do not get rid of a severe hangover in the morning.

To produce good moonshine at home, you need to acquire dishes for mash. There is a simple rule: the larger its volume, the better. In my first experiments, I used ten-liter bottles for mash. Now I have 18-liter bottles in my arsenal, as well as milk cans.

Next, you need to have a pressure cooker and a thermometer. We drill a hole in the lid of the pressure cooker, where we need to insert the thermometer. A piece of silicone tube can serve as a seal. Top can be smeared with dough. A flask of this kind is also needed.

You also need to have a dehumidifier. We will talk about its purpose a little later.

As a coil, which also performs the function of a refrigerator, ariometers (alcohol meters) will serve perfectly.

So let's start assembling. We place the pressure cooker on the sprayer (gas stove). And then - in the sequence shown in the figures. When installing silicone tubes, you can use the dough as a sealant. Cold water is supplied to the refrigerator from below!

After the assembly is completed, it's time to pour the mash. Together with it, it is necessary to fill in 2 tablespoons of activated carbon BAU-A and quite a bit of potassium permanganate.

One pressure cooker is capable of producing moonshine within half an hour. Condensation starts at 88 degrees on the thermometer and lasts up to 97 degrees. We ruthlessly remove the first 20-30 grams, in order to avoid damage to the entire product. Don't be greedy for them!

During cooking, various muck accumulates in the flask.

But after a dephlegmator and condensation of moonshine in the refrigerator, you can evaluate the purity of the color of the finished product!

Ready moonshine can be drunk, but it is better to clean it. To do this, we take two proteins from chicken eggs and pour them into a jar of moonshine, with a capacity of 1 liter. Then we filter through cheesecloth. Now you need to make a filter from white bread, oats, BAU-A activated carbon, cotton wool, bread, gauze. Through it, it is recommended to filter the almost finished product three times.

The resulting moonshine can be diluted with spring or ordinary drinking store water. The optimum alcohol content in the drink is 50 degrees.

Professionals will say that it is better to buy moonshine in a specialized store. But the price of such goods is still high? from 7 to 15 thousand rubles. If it is not possible to spend such an amount on a purchase, you can do the independent manufacture of equipment for making moonshine.

To make an apparatus for making moonshine at home, specific skills and complex devices are not required. There are many assembly options for such units, but most of them include the presence of two mandatory components in the device:

• capacity for the distillation of mash (alembic cube);
• coil (refrigerator).

For more advanced models, drawers and sukhoparniki can be useful. This will improve the taste of the product at the end. They can be added to the? basic configuration? further. And in an elementary apparatus, you can not even use a coil.

In this article, we will consider the most common options suitable for making at home even for the most inexperienced winemaker.

Assembly of the simplest mini-moonshine still

Starting to consider various options, it is worth stopping at the simplest apparatus that can be made at home without much difficulty. This mini-device does not use a coil.

For its manufacture, it is necessary to take a large container in which the mash will be placed. It can be a saucepan with a volume of 20-30 liters or any other large dish. Does it fit a smaller pot? 3-5 liters. It is best that it does not stand at the very bottom of the base of the container, but slightly above the level of the mash and in the middle. To do this, you can use a small stool made of metal that will not react with raw materials.

From above, this design must be covered with a basin of a suitable diameter. Pour cold water into it. Thus, we get an improvised refrigerator, which will replace the classic cooler here. There should be no clearance between the basin and the pan; we seal the existing holes with
test.

The principle of operation of such a mini-device is very simple. Pour the mash into a large container, put a smaller pan inside and place a bowl of cold water on top. We heat this entire structure on a gas or electric stove, if moonshine is made at home. You can also use an open fire if you are in the country.

Braga will boil and begin to evaporate. The vapors will condense on the surface of the cold bottom of the basin and, again turning into a liquid, will fall into a smaller saucepan. The water in the basin will gradually warm up, so you need to watch closely and renew from time to time to keep the temperature cold.

It is possible to make moonshine with a volume of 3 liters with such an installation in 3-4 hours. At the same time, it is very important not to allow the mash to boil. It should remain within 85-95 degrees. Otherwise, the result will be completely spoiled.

The advantage of this simplest model is that it can be disassembled and used like ordinary kitchen utensils, and at the right time it can also be quickly reassembled and started distillation.

However, the product that comes out of such a mini-device will not be of good quality. Since there is no coil, it is impossible to cut off the first portion of moonshine, which will contain fusel oils and other harmful impurities.

In this regard, it is better to spend a little more time on assembly and make an apparatus with a coil.

What to take as a basis for a home moonshine still?

One of the most important questions that needs to be addressed at the very beginning? pick up a container (alembic cube) in which moonshine will be made. For this purpose, you can
use any large container. It can be a large aluminum tank, or a cube made by yourself from stainless steel sheets. But at home, kitchen utensils are most often used.

A popular appliance for the base is a pressure cooker. It has good tightness, which is very important in the manufacture of moonshine. If there is no such equipment in the house, then you can use a juice cooker or any other pan. In this case, the volume is not so important.

The main task is to completely seal the pan. For this, dough is usually used, which is used to close up cracks from which steam can leak.

Selection and manufacture of the coil

The second main part is the serpentine? it is in it that the process of condensation of the vapors of moonshine will take place. It can be purchased in specialized stores or you can make it yourself. What is the best coil material? quartz glass. But it is difficult to make such devices on your own. Therefore, it is better to opt for a copper tube 1-1.5 meters long.

The tube must be bent in the form of a spiral of suitable diameter. To do this, fill it with sand and tightly bend the ends on both sides. So during the manufacture of the refrigerator, creases will not appear and the metal will not flatten.

This coil must be placed in a cooler. It can be made from large-volume plastic water pipes, or other cylindrical devices. The cooler must be limited on both sides by bottoms, from which the ends of the coil tube will come out.

It is also important to consider the system for supplying water to the cooler. To do this, we fix two fittings on the surface of the pipe from opposite sides. Drainage pipes will be connected to them in the future. The resulting structure must be completely sealed.

Connecting elements

The distillation cube and the coil must be connected to each other. For this purpose, a copper tube is well suited, the same one used in the manufacture of the cooler. It is easy to attach to the lid of any pot or pressure cooker. This will require a threaded fitting.

When all the elements are connected, you can start making moonshine.

Other options for assembling a homemade moonshine still

Making an apparatus for making moonshine at home is quite simple. After the materials and containers for the manufacture of a homemade distiller are selected, you need to decide which operating principle will be used. There are several types:

• flowing;
• stagnant;
• electric;
• with or without heating element;
• equipped with sukhoparniks, tsargs or other additional devices.

The easiest and cheapest option for making at home is a non-flow apparatus. Making moonshine in such equipment does not require a large amount of water. Homemade? refrigerator? well suited for this type of alcohol vapor cooling.

When choosing a method of heating the mash, decide where exactly the process will take place. If you need to make a small amount of moonshine for the home and distillation is carried out in the kitchen, then additional equipment of the moonshine still with a heating element or other devices is not required.

If the equipment will be used in the conditions of a summer residence or a garage, it is possible to install an electric heating element in a pan (tank, pressure cooker, cube).

Temperature tracking

In order to get high-quality moonshine, it is important to carefully control the temperature throughout the entire process of its preparation. This can be done with a thermometer. It is better to choose with a scale up to 120 degrees.

The separation of alcohol vapor from the mash occurs at a temperature of 86-93 degrees. At lower temperatures, fusel oils begin to evaporate from the mash. It is they who will be in the first 50-70 ml of the product that will merge from the coil. And at a temperature above 93 degrees, the drink will have a strength of no more than 20 revolutions.

A good thermometer will help a novice winemaker to control these processes and make high-quality moonshine.

Assembling a moonshine at home is very simple, with very little effort. If all the components are properly prepared, and the process is debugged, the result will be an excellent product for home consumption and treating guests.

Today, there is a huge number of various manufacturers of moonshine stills and distillers on the market, differing in performance, volume, configuration and dimensions. Novice moonshiners, as a rule, purchase ready-made moonshine stills; people who have been producing and brewing moonshine for a long time often try to make a moonshine still on their own. We have already written about the method; however, in this article we will make a moonshine still from scratch.

Self-production of a moonshine still allows you to get a high-performance device, tailored exclusively to your needs. From a purely technological point of view, moonshine is not something complicated. The presence of skills in metalworking, ideally - metalworking equipment, will make it possible to obtain products that are an order of magnitude ahead of the sold products in terms of productivity and quality of the resulting product.

In this article, we will consider the schemes and instructions for creating a classic moonshine still, consisting of a distillation cube, a dry steamer and a water cooler, in the course of the article we will refer to previous publications related to the creation of a moonshine still. We will separately talk about connecting elements and steam fittings, and also consider methods for sealing individual components of the moonshine still.

The distillation cube is a container for heating and boiling the mash. It is a sealed container, with one outlet pipe (for alcohol and water vapor). A quality alembic should be made of metal that can withstand prolonged heat. A special case of a distillation cube is. The ideal alembic is a hollow copper bowl with an outlet at the top of the bowl.

Material for the alembic

Metal must be used as the material for the distillation cube. From a technological point of view, the best distillation cube for a moonshine still will be made of copper, however, the cost of the material is too high, so home craftsmen practically do not make moonshine stills from copper.

Soviet moonshine stills were made of aluminum. This metal has a high thermal conductivity, second only to copper among base metals: for copper, this figure is 370-380 W / (m * K), for silver - 410 W / (M * K), for aluminum - 200-220 W / (m *TO). ( Source: Industrial ovens. Reference guide for calculations and design. 2nd edition, supplemented and revised, Kazantsev E.I. M., "Metallurgy", 1975.- 368 p.). However, aluminum is a short-lived material. The oxide film covering the metal can be destroyed under the action of organic acids contained in the mash, as a result of which aluminum distillation cubes begin to leak after 2-3 years.

High thermal conductivity makes it possible to heat the entire volume of the mash more evenly, however, they do not have a special effect on the quality of the finished product. Some moonshiners believe that the use of copper moonshine stills gives the final product some special taste; however, as it is not difficult to guess, this is rather an effect of self-hypnosis.

A good and practical solution is to use enamelware. Steel has a thermal conductivity in the region of 50 W / m * K. Enamelled steel does not react with mash, it is able to withstand high pressure, high acidity, and high temperature.

Volume of alembic

When creating your own moonshine, you need to accurately imagine how much of the distillation cube you need. Here it is worth relying on the maximum necessary performance of the cube, as well as on the simple convenience of the moonshiner. Large distillation cubes are simply inconvenient to use: they must be filled, raised, lowered. In addition, the larger the distillation cube, the longer the mash is heated in it, therefore, the duration of the cycle of one distillation increases.

For an approximate calculation of the required capacity, you can be guided by the following considerations: distillation of 100 liters of mash gives about 10 liters of moonshine. Therefore, calculate how much moonshine you want to receive in one distillation cycle, multiply this amount by 10, and you will get the recommended volume of moonshine. At the same time, it should be taken into account that the distillation cube cannot be filled to the brim, and at least 20% of free space must be left: otherwise, the mash will simply go through the nozzles into the refrigerator and spoil the final product.

Ready containers

In 9 cases out of ten, ready-made containers are used for the distillation cube, which were previously used for something else. These can be 20 and 40 liter milk cans, brewed and sealed pots.

Pressure cookers are initially sealed, however, they have a significant drawback: a very modest volume. The capacity of the pressure cooker is about 10-15 liters, which allows you to get no more than 1-1.5 liters of pure moonshine during one distillation. On the other hand, to convert a pressure cooker into a moonshine still, you just need to drill a hole in the lid and take care of sealing the outlet pipe.

Enameled pans can be useful for those who do not want to pour the mash from the fermentation tank into the distillation tank. Braga may just fit in the container itself. The hole is made in the same way, using a slowly rotating drill, nozzle. The disadvantages include the rather large complexity of sealing the lid before distillation.

milk can

One of the most popular solutions is the use of dairy aluminum milk cans. The advantages include the ease of transportation and lifting to the gas stove, a high degree of tightness when closing the lid, as well as the ease of screwing in the outlet pipe. The disadvantages include the need to replace the rubber seal with a silicone one (rubber greatly spoils the aroma of the future drink).

The procedure for creating a moonshine still from a milk can is as follows:

• Removing the rubber gasket under the cover.
• Applying aquarium silicone sealant to the edges of the lid. In total, it is necessary to apply three layers of silicone: each subsequent layer is applied only after the previous one has completely dried.
• After applying the last layer of sealant, a plastic bag is put on the edges of the neck, after which the can is closed and sealed with a clamp. After drying, the silicone sealant will have an ideal shape, and the lid will be pressed as close as possible to the edges of the neck.
• A hole is made in the tank lid. The drive is inserted there, sealed with a rubber ring on both sides and tightened with a nut. The diameter of the drive must be selected in accordance with the diameter of the future tube.

Squeegee for aluminum tank

Coil for moonshine still

The coil is the second mandatory part of any moonshine still. A coil (or refrigerator) is a device that cools vapors to a liquid state. It is a chamber in which there is a coolant circulating along the external circuit. Inside the chamber, in the water column, there is a coil - a spirally twisted tube through which steam flows. The shape of the tube in the form of a coil provides the largest possible surface area of ​​the gas-metal-water, and, accordingly, the most efficient heat transfer.

coil material

The body is made of steel or stainless steel. As a rule, a parallelepiped or a cylinder is created. A copper, steel or aluminum tube is used as a coil.

• A copper tube is preferable: it has a better thermal conductivity value, and as a result, the vapors cool much faster. In practice, this means the almost complete absence of odor during distillation. The disadvantages include high speed to corrosion: copper oxidizes very quickly, becomes covered with a green coating, which forces the moonshiner to constantly clean both outside and inside the coil. On the other hand, in France and Scotland, copper is the only permitted material for making distillation coils.
• Aluminum tubes are less efficient, but can last much longer without any maintenance. Aluminum is coated with a thin layer of oxide, which is strong both mechanically and chemically, while being comparable in efficiency to copper counterparts.
• Steel coils are the least efficient, which forces the use of a long and thin tube as a coil. On the other hand, steel coils are the cheapest and are absolutely safe. Steel does not react with alcohol.

Glass lab refrigeration equipment should not be used for distillation: it has extremely low efficiency, so the vapor will simply come out the other end without being cooled. In addition, the glass is extremely fragile and inconvenient to use.

What tube to take for a moonshine still?

The efficiency of a coil depends on two parameters - the material and the surface area of ​​the tube. So, if you have a copper coil, then to create its complete analogue from aluminum, you need to take the same aluminum tube 1.6 times longer (the long length of the aluminum tube compensates for the low thermal conductivity of aluminum itself).

As a rule, copper and aluminum pipes are sold in multiples of one meter. As a result, it is enough to buy two meters of aluminum tube, or two meters of copper.

Now regarding the inner diameter of the tube.

On the Alkofan.Com website it is written that “the larger the diameter of the coil, the lower the hydraulic resistance and the more efficient the cooling (due to the increase in the area of ​​contact between the steam and the walls)”. In fact, from a physical point of view, this is complete nonsense. Doubling the tube diameter will double the surface area; however, as the surface area increases, so does the amount of steam that needs to be cooled by a factor of four. Thus, the overall efficiency will be reduced by half. Other things being equal, it is better to use a thin tube.

On the other hand, when creating a coil, a thin tube can simply flatten. The optimal inner diameter of the copper tube of the coil for moonshine is 5-10 mm. The thickness of the walls of the tube is 1-2.5 mm.

How to make a serpentine?

The tube is filled with sand and wound onto something cylindrical (for example, a thick steel pipe). Sand is needed so that the tube does not flatten and close inside; after that, the sand is simply blown out, poured out and washed out. Moreover, it should be understood that the coil must be in contact with water from all sides, so you need to wind the tube with a certain step and distance between the turns.

The final diameter of the coil along the outer part of the tube must be less than the width of the chamber so that water flows along the outer part of the coil.

Orientation of the coil in space

It is better to position the coil in such a way that the steam enters from above and, spinning, falls down and condenses. This arrangement of the coil is the most optimal. If the steam inlet is at the bottom, this will contribute to the formation of alcohol plugs inside the coil: the alcohol will cool, condense and flow down, forming plugs. The supply of steam from above will cause the condensed alcohol to flow down on its own without increasing the pressure inside the system.

The horizontal arrangement of the coil will also lead to the formation of plugs, moreover, there will be many of them, on each turn of the coil.

Water supply to the chamber

Water should be fed into the chamber from the bottom up. The reason is that the water supply from above will cause the water to immediately flow out from below, while the chamber will remain empty, filled with air. To ensure that the chamber is completely filled with water, it is necessary to use the bottom supply.

It is not worth using a bucket, a trough, a pan with a coil lowered into it as a camera.

• The efficiency of such cooling is extremely low: the water in the final tank will quickly heat up, which will reduce the efficiency of the distiller itself.
• The outlet pipe (from which moonshine will flow) must be made at the bottom, and not thrown over the edge of a bucket or pan. Otherwise, hydraulic plugs will form.
• Through such a design, you can easily just stumble, it is easy to hurt and overturn.

Sukhoparnik

A sukhoparnik is an optional, but highly desirable device that allows you to purify moonshine even at the distillation stage. It is a chamber into which steam enters from the distillation cube, and then leaves it. The principle of operation is that after a sharp drop in vapor pressure (out of the tube), fusel oils with a low boiling point are the first to fall into the liquid fraction. The alcohol vapor then goes further.

As a result, it is possible even at the stage of the gas-vapor mixture to catch heavy oils and clean moonshine from them. The liquid obtained as a result of filtration will have a very bright and pungent smell, vaguely reminiscent of garlic and kvass. This liquid contains a huge amount of aromatic benzenes, which, alas, cannot be used in the further process of moonshining.

In some cases, a steamer is used for exactly the opposite thing - to add aromatic oils. To do this, citrus peels, orange peels, and apple slices are placed at the bottom of the steamer. As a result, the finished moonshine will contain notes of these fruits.

How to make a quality dry steamer,.

Moonshine still heating system

Moonshine stills can be heated over an open fire (wood or gas) or with an electric heater.

The use of open fire has the following nuances:

• Such heating has a low inertia. That is, they turned off the gas, filled the fire with water - the heating stopped abruptly and the process of cooling the mash immediately began.
• Combustion products must somehow be removed or put up with their presence. So, the use of a gas stove will lead to the appearance of a large amount of carbon monoxide in the room, and will also dry the air a lot.
• It is difficult to automate the process.
• High fire hazard.

Electric heaters are devoid of some of the disadvantages:

• The inertia is much greater; however, in practice it does not matter how quickly the cooling starts, immediately or after two minutes.
• Possibility to significantly automate the process.
• Possibility to install a heater inside the cube (TEN)
• Part of the mash will stick to the heater
• Heating with electricity is more expensive.

It is quite simple to automate electric heaters: for this, a thermal relay is installed, which automatically turns on the heating when it drops to a certain temperature, and turns off the heating after the upper temperature bar is reached. The thermal relay allows you to get a very high-quality product, keeping the mash constantly at the same temperature, however, the production time is greatly extended.

It is not worth considering heating in other ways (steam and induction cookers): it is expensive and inefficient.

How to install a thermometer in a moonshine still?

Installing a thermometer in a moonshine still depends on the type of device being installed. All thermometers for self-propelled apparatus can be divided into two types:

• Mechanical (bimetallic) - simple trouble-free devices that can work without batteries. They have high reliability but low accuracy. Represent a dial with an arrow.
• And digital (electrical) - precision devices that require the use of batteries. Able to show the temperature with an accuracy of a tenth of a degree. Can be used together with automation devices.

The thermometer is usually installed in the upper part of the cube. A hole is made in the cube, where the thermometer itself is inserted. In the case of a bimetal thermometer, it is fixed with a bolt or nut. An electric thermometer is also installed in the upper part, however, when installing it, it is necessary to pay more attention to the issue of sealing.

It is not worth buying thermometers that are attached with Velcro, adhesive tape, clamps - the sensor itself must be located inside the medium whose temperature is measured. The use of half-measures - Velcro and clamps - not only does not provide the required accuracy, but also leads to a constant fall of the sensors due to the lack of a reliable fastening.

Connections and fittings, hoses for moonshine

Many underestimate the importance of the elements that connect the individual parts of the moonshine still. We are talking about pipes and fittings. The wrong choice can not only worsen your moonshine or make it unusable, but simply destroy the entire apparatus. A responsible choice of a hose for a moonshine still will allow you to forget about any problems forever.

The most commonly used steel tubes, or stainless steel tubes. Steel tubes are the most convenient for steam, as they do not sag under the influence of high temperature. It is also possible to use silicone tubes for the inlet and outlet of vapors, but you need to make sure that they do not fall or close inside from high temperature.

It is unacceptable to use garden hoses: they are made of polyvinyl chloride and, when exposed to high temperatures, begin to poison your alcohol with harmful substances. Checking the presence of PVC in the hose is quite simple - just set fire to it. PVC hoses burn actively, turning into a black mass. Silicone hoses do not blacken, but simply melt.

To connect hoses, it is necessary to use fittings, valves, tees. You can buy them at almost any plumbing store. Almost any fitting is suitable, including steel, brass and bronze.

For the refrigerator, for supplying and draining water, you can use any hoses, including PVC. It is convenient to use silicone hoses. Make sure the hoses are secure so that water from the refrigerator does not spill onto the floor over time. Use clamps if possible.

Sooner or later, everyone who has tried homemade moonshine at least once (or its variations - cognac, bourbon, liqueur, etc.) sets out to make the same, only even better. First, the owners are interrogated - as best they could, but teach, show, lend. This is the first wave of moonshiners. After that, the study of the Internet begins in the hope of finding how to make a moonshine still with your own hands. This is the most inquisitive wave that is trying to figure out tons of information, what is true and what is a lie. We have already talked about how to make and assemble individual parts of the unit, now it's time to talk about how to assemble a complete device.

The history of the moonshine still

For the first time, they learned about moonshine back in the 4th century AD, when a Chinese alchemist compared the drink with clear wine distilled 9 times. Its technology was used at different times by the Greeks, Romans and even the Egyptians.

This is how, according to official documents, one of the first moonshine stills developed by the ancient Greeks looked like.

But if this unit was mostly made of stone, then the Arabs went further - and made the structure already from copper. This allowed the braga to warm up evenly, gradually, in full, to remove fusel oils (remember, extremely harmful to health) and create a drink suitable for internal use.

The term alcohol was also proposed by the Arabs, in a literal translation, the word meant an intoxicating drink - al gogol.

In the 9th century, a serpentine was invented in Persia - they bend a copper tube into several turns, but still leave it in the air to cool.

Since the 10th century, at the suggestion of alchemists and healers, moonshine has literally flourished, combined with the development of recipes for potions and elixirs. At the same time, in Italy, the monk Valentius claims to have invented the water of life, which is capable of turning old people into young men. Do I need to say that it was moonshine?

In the 15th century, Basil Valentin came up with the idea of ​​lowering the coil into cold water in order to increase the alcohol condensate, and this was the starting point for the creation of a modern apparatus with a distillation cube, a refrigerator and a steamer.

This is what the device looked like in the 16th century (the principle of operation has been preserved to this day):

1. Tub for heating tincture
2. Tube for supplying hot tincture to the cube
3. Stove
4. Cap
5. swan neck
6. Coil
7. Serpentine in the refrigerator
8. Refrigerator with cold water

The first moonshine still in Rus'

In Rus', moonshine was first tested only in the 17th century, when a unit was brought from Venice to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich as a gift.

Until the 17th century, only mead and mash were consumed in Rus' from home-made alcoholic beverages. And only in the 19th century, with the help, they learned how to create 96% highly purified alcohol.

This is the end of this short digression into history, now it's time for the present.

Buy or Collect

There is no single answer to this question. Of course, for a beginner, it is much more preferable to buy a ready-made device, when there is no need to look for individual details and bring them to perfection. But, on the one hand, such a purchase can cause a gap in the budget - a good device with normal performance will cost 15 thousand rubles or more, on the other hand, it is still more interesting to create and invent.

We will tell you how to make a moonshine still with your own hands, and from what materials.

To begin with, let's define what moonshine (distillate) is and how it differs from rectified. The principle of obtaining that one, that the other is absolutely identical. Sugar-containing (less often starch-based) mash is prepared, yeast is added, then for a certain time the mushrooms create a colony and secrete waste products. Actually, it is they who are the concentrate of various alcohols, of which only ethyl alcohol is suitable for ingestion.

Under the influence of temperature, the mash decomposes into a liquid residue and alcohol-containing vapors, which, during the distillation process, decompose into gaseous and liquid fractions.

Even in the case of repeated sweeping, it is not possible to purify the drink from all harmful impurities. The only way that allows you to get a perfectly pure product is rectification using a drawer or a distillation column. In this case, alcohol-containing vapors are divided into fractions in several stages. It is not easy to make a distillation column with your own hands, and a quite reasonable question arises - is it necessary to get pure alcohol in this way, if you can buy it at any pharmacy?

Rectified is extremely harmful to health precisely because of its purity, since pure poison is absorbed by the body much faster and better than moonshine with a certain amount of harmful impurities. In addition, all famous drinks - bourbon, rum, whiskey, calvados, scotch, etc. - are made on the basis of distillate.

So, taking into account the above characteristics of moonshine, it is clear that the main stage of production is to heat the alcohol-containing liquid to a state where alcohol begins to separate. After that, it is cooled until it is converted into a liquid fraction already in the form of a finished drink.

With this in mind, you can determine the main components of the moonshine still:

• distillation cube, where the mash is heated to the required temperature;
• refrigerator - a storage or flow tank with cold water, where the coil is cooled;
• coil - a spiral tube made of copper, stainless steel or glass, through which alcohol-containing vapor moves and is divided into fractions;
• sukhoparnik - trap of fusel oils and mash residues;
• acceptance tank - a place where chilled moonshine flows;
• connecting elements.

This is the first and main element of the moonshine still, on which the efficiency and final taste depend.

Most often, milk cans, pressure cookers (slow cookers), beer kegs are used as this. Less often, a distillation cube is made by hand from stainless steel or steel, welding them into a container, but this option is not reliable. On the one hand, the mash will stick to the stainless steel, and it will not be possible to stir it due to tightness. On the other hand, the slightest error in the welding seam can lead to the fact that when the mash boils, when the pressure reaches 180-220 Pa, the cube will simply burst.

How to make an alembic from a can

This is the simplest version of the alembic, as the can is relatively airtight, especially when it comes to a new container. But its "adaptation" for distillation has its own characteristics.

The rubber gasket on the lid of the can is categorically not suitable for heating - the mash will absorb a specific aroma that will not be slow to affect the taste of the finished drink. It is optimal to use silicone gaskets, and even better - aquarium silicone. Experts advise using food-grade silicone as such gaskets, from which baking molds are made. But in general, this option is suitable for sealing the lid and will not give any taste or smell.

How to make a silicone airtight gasket

This process is carried out in several stages, there should be at least three of them. First, apply aquarium silicone sealant to the edges of the lid, let it dry completely, apply a second and third, also leaving time to dry. After the third layer has been applied, put ordinary cellophane on the neck of the can and close the lid. Leave for a few hours for the silicone to dry completely. It turns out a really sealed vessel that can be used for several years.

To prevent the can from becoming like a colander over time, wash it thoroughly after each use. You can use ordinary or laundry soap and plenty of running water. Baking soda is strictly prohibited. Stainless steel or aluminum reacts very poorly to alkali.

If there is no desire to change the rubber gasket to silicone, you can simply wrap it with several layers of fum-tape overlap. This is also a fairly tight connection.

Some "experienced" moonshiners recommend using dough to seal the joint. It would seem, why not? It seems that the sealant is decent, and it smells like bread in the room, and not fusel oil in the cooking process. But! After the first volumetric distillation, when you have to start the unit several times, you will get tired of constantly scraping the dough and gluing a new one. Dough scraps all over the kitchen, broken nails and wasted time are unlikely to give pleasure from the process.

To connect the can to the serpentine on the lid, make a hole for a 22 mm pipe and a 12 mm serpentine using a 0.5 inch thread. You can buy an adapter at a plumbing supply store.

What else to look for when choosing a flask for a moonshine still:

• the material of manufacture is stainless steel, since aluminum will withstand a small number of cycles;
• the minimum volume is 25 liters to get 4-4.5 liters of moonshine at the output;
• wide mouth, which is convenient to work with - pour the mash and wash after cooking;
• wall thickness and overall build quality are directly dependent on price, and ensure normal operation.

Distiller (moonshine still) based on a milk can

How to make a distillation cube from a pressure cooker (slow cooker)

Scheme of a moonshine still based on a pressure cooker:

This is the minimum program for a beginner. Today, every second tries to make a moonshine with their own hands from a pressure cooker. And there is a perfectly logical explanation for this:

• price - the cost of the most inexpensive pressure cooker is 1500-1700 rubles, which is quite acceptable for any budget;
• tightness is an absolutely hermetic device that does not require any additional manipulations;
• ease of inserting fittings into the cover - everyone can handle it.

The minus, it should be noted, is much more significant than all the advantages - this is the volume. The bowl of the largest household pressure cooker is only 6 liters, respectively, only 4.5 liters of mash will fit, since the volume of the total amount should not exceed 2/3 parts. With this amount of mash after double distillation, you get a little less than 750 ml of moonshine. You can try, but it's unlikely to succeed.

In place of the valve on the cover, screw the fitting, to which you attach the connecting hose (silicone or copper).

If there is no desire to reinvent the wheel and look for a suitable option for making a cube, get it ready-made. The average price of such an element depends on the volume - 12-liter up to 4000 rubles, 25-liter - from 5500 rubles, etc.

Moonshine from a pressure cooker with a steamer on video:

Fridge

An equally important element of a home-made moonshine still, on which the speed of distillation and the volume of the finished drink depend.

If the water in the refrigerator is not cold enough, the volume of moonshine is reduced by 15-20%.

Refrigerators for moonshine are divided into 2 types:

• flowing;
• cumulative.

In flowing water, as the name implies, it constantly moves through the coil without having time to heat up. In order to make such a unit, it is enough to bring two hoses to the tank - incoming, as a rule, from the tap, and outgoing - from where the water comes out into the sink.

The accumulative is a closed container where water is first poured and drained as it heats up. This is the worst option for a refrigerator, as it does not allow the coil to be fully and constantly cooled, thereby reducing condensation and reducing the amount of the final product.

A storage refrigerator is installed only if it is not possible to make a flow-through one. There is no opportunity, not laziness or no time.

This type of equipment is quite compact in size, where the main area is occupied by the coil. The refrigerator itself is closed on both sides, but two tubes are connected to it - receiving and discharging water. Making a refrigerator with your own hands is not difficult, but at the same time it is necessary to ensure that it is even in relation to the apparatus so that the water moves constantly.

A flow-through refrigerator is more productive, in contrast to a storage one, even with a smaller coil. At the junction of the two media, the tube is instantly cooled, which ensures a faster separation of the fractions.

Manufacturing process

You will need:

• pipe and adapter weaving - 300 mm;
• 2 meters of bellows hose for the coil;
• half-inch nipples;
• 3 half-inch nuts;
• soldering iron;
• pistol and silicone;

Procedure:

1. Coil the bellows hose

1. Make holes in the pipe and cut off the plastic with a knife

1. Screw in the nipple

1. Install gaskets and tighten nuts

1. Screw the coil to the plug

1. This is what the entrance and exit looks like

1. All that fonite and see through, fill with sealant, the vessel must be completely sealed.

As such a device, a bucket or tank with a volume of about 20-30 liters is usually used, where a hole is made in the lower segment for a set of water.

In non-flowing devices, water is always drained from above, and it is always poured into the refrigerator from below.

The simplest and most affordable is a regular plastic bucket. In winter, with such an improvised device, it is easier, since you can put snow or ice, which is much better for cooling the coil than water.

When choosing a storage refrigerator, try to keep the temperature in the distillation cube at a minimum heat in order to reduce the amount of alcohol-containing steam released and, as a result, increase the volume of finished moonshine.

In order to check how efficiently the coil is cooling, periodically test the outgoing moonshine on your wrist. Ideally, it should be cool, worse - if warm, and it’s really bad when the drink is hot - in this case, a third of the steam comes out unprocessed. In addition, it is also dangerous, since the alembic is heated on an open fire, alcohol can catalyze and there will be a big trouble.

Coil

The best material for the coil will be copper. This is a relatively inert material that does not react with alcohol materials, has good thermal conductivity and an adequate price.

Those who are really professionally engaged in the preparation of moonshine have only a copper moonshine still based on such a coil. Any experiments. Including with fragile glass, they are fraught with a loss in the quality of the drink and the feedstock.

How to make a serpentine

Before proceeding with the description, we note that the coil is a tube connected to a distillation cube (if there is a steamer, with it) and placed in cold water, through which alcohol-containing vapors move and fractions are separated into gas and moonshine.

The longer the coil and the more compact its spirals, the more the steam is cooled and the greater the amount of condensate.

You will need:

• copper tube with a diameter of 15-20 mm, length 2000mm;
• base for winding the tube, fixed in a vice.

Before you start winding the tube onto the base, it must be filled with sand. This is done in order to exclude deflection or one-sided deformation, which will later retain condensate. On one side, close the tube with a wooden or cardboard chopstick, pour sand in a thin stream, periodically tapping it on the table so that the sand is well compacted. When the tube is packed to capacity, close the other end with a similar chopstick and start winding it onto the base, making even turns and trying not to touch each other.

This is how a ready-made coil looks like, which is immersed in a refrigerator and connected with hoses through fittings to a cube or dry steamer.

This completes the assembly of the mandatory elements of the moonshine still, it remains only to find out which hoses can be used and what materials are acceptable when working with alcohol.

In the meantime, let's focus on such an optional, but extremely useful device as

Sukhoparnik

Whether there were discussions about the need for a dry steamer in those ancient times, about which it was written at the beginning of the article, we do not know. But now there is a fierce debate on this issue. Some insist that fusel oils should be removed as much as possible, others claim that they are useless and a waste of time.

Without actively taking either one or the other position, we will present only bare facts.

The steamer is really not an integral part of the moonshine still, and it is installed as desired. Structurally, this capacity is 10 times smaller than the distillation cube, which is located between it and the coil.

The main task of a dry steamer is to instantly reduce pressure and, as a result, temperature due to different media. When it enters this container, the vapor abruptly becomes liquid, but it is immediately pushed out by the next portion of hot alcohol-containing vapor from the cube. And although this is only a moment, during this time some of the fusel oils have time to settle on the walls of the steamer. With double or even triple distillation, the fuselage practically does not remain in the finished drink, which has a very positive effect on well-being.

How a dry steamer works according to the laws of physics

At a time when water boils in a distillation cube, alcohol begins to stand out and evaporate. Taking into account the fact that boiling is a rather rapid process, the alcohol fractions have time to “pick up” the heavier fractions of fusel oils. Probably, everyone has heard that moonshine is often called fusel oil - precisely because of the characteristic smell that fusel oils emit. The less fuselage in moonshine, the less aggressive its aroma and more acceptable taste. It will not work to completely get rid of oils, this can only be obtained using a distillation column, but no one set out to get medical alcohol as their goal.

The vast majority of alcoholic drinks are bourbon, whiskey, rum, calvados, etc. made on the basis of moonshine with a certain amount of fusel oils. The production process varies in nuances, but in general, this is the most banal distillation of mash.

Capturing fusel oils with a steamer makes it possible to make the drink, on the one hand, not so fragrant and fragrant, on the other hand, safer for health with an almost imperceptible feeling of a hangover (with reasonable use).

It is especially common to use three dry steamers at once, located relative to each other in a cascade. With such an organization, the strength of the drink reaches 80% already on the first stage. It will be a really very high-quality and maximally purified product that can be consumed immediately after distillation, and not wait until it is cleaned with a carbon filter or potassium permanganate.

Three banks in a cascade is the optimal number. Less is not enough, more is a waste of time, because after the third can each subsequent one does not perform any function.

How to make a steamer from a can

We remind you that the volume of the container should be 10 times less than the volume of the distillation cube. If you have a cube of 20 liters, take a 2-liter jar, for 30 - respectively, a 3-liter jar.

The method of preparation of such an element is quite simple and suitable for any volume. All manipulations are carried out with a lid - holes are made and fittings are cut. Further, the lid can be put on any jar with a threaded neck.

You will need:

• screw cap from the jar;
• 2 fittings;
• connecting tubes.

You cut 2 holes in the lid - they can be made with a screwdriver in a circle or with a knife, then so that there are no burrs.

Insert fittings and connect with hoses.

Sukhoparnik is placed immediately after the distillation cube. It's useless anywhere else. It is necessary to periodically drain the accumulated liquid so that its excess does not fall into the coil and does not spoil the taste and aroma of the product.

By the way, a steamer can be used not only as a trap for fusel oils, but also as a moonshine flavor. Here, the same process of abrupt cooling of the steam and its movement further takes place, but with the collected amber of berries or herbs.

As an aromatic component in a jar, you can use:

• dried fruits - apples, pears, apricots;
• berries - any, preferably dried, they give more smell;
• spices - any to taste, you can hop, suneli, cinnamon, vanilla, etc .;
• fragrant herbs;
• citrus fruits - orange peel, lemon peel.

Since such an aroma binding will be subtle and not tasted at all, you can try a variety of additives. In this case, experiments will only benefit, even if the result is not impressive.

Connecting tubes

The finished moonshine is a detachable connection of all the required elements using threaded connections. No need to look for additional tubes and choose their quality in order to connect everything together.

There are completely one-piece connections, for example, the lids of the distillation cube, the steamer and the refrigerator. This is done to facilitate labor and installation.

You can, of course, make it easier to assemble a home-made moonshine by connecting all three pipes by welding, but this will not affect the taste of the final product, but care can make it very difficult.

The most optimal way to connect the elements is a silicone hose. Some do not understand the difference between PVC and silicone and do not even pay much attention when choosing. We explain - polyvinyl chloride is a non-inert material with respect to alcohol. Upon contact with hot alcohol-containing steam and alcohol, PVC releases toxic substances, which are harmful to humans in high concentrations. It is clear that nothing will happen to you in 1-2 times, but if we are talking about systemic use, it is better to refuse such a connection.

How to distinguish silicone from polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

Set fire to a piece of both material. PVC burns heavily, smoky, with a very specific smell. Silicone burns with a barely perceptible aroma, does not smoke, light ash remains after combustion.

To the touch, silicone is much more pleasant than PVC, it is as if silky.

If you suddenly find yourself in a dilemma - silicone or pvc - on the street in the cold, know that silicone remains flexible and elastic even at -10, and polyvinyl chloride hardens, although it does not lose its properties.

Which metal is suitable for use

Despite the abundance of opinions on this matter, there can be only one unequivocal answer - food grade stainless steel. It is this material that does not react with any of the elements in the moonshine brewing chain, it is easy to maintain and operate. And for all the time it does not form deposits of little use to health.

It was previously believed that copper was “the head of everything,” since copper moonshine was ubiquitous. However, this is misleading. Copper began to be actively used in Soviet times. Since it was affordable both in terms of price and quantity of material. If we talk about really the right tincture, then you won’t find anything better than an oak barrel. Oxygen seeps through its walls, aldehydes and ethers evaporate, which, by the way, are formed, among other things, upon contact with the hot vapor of alcohol of the copper elements of the apparatus.

Aluminum reacts negatively to vinegar, which is always present in home brew. In this case, toxic salts - alum - are released.

Glass is also considered optimal, which is inert (not active) to aggressive environments, but the moonshiner's kitchen does not look much like a laboratory, and besides, this material is very fragile.

Of course, it is possible to get poisoned or die from general intoxication with the abuse of alcohol or the acquisition of low-quality products than from copper oxide. Moreover, as a coil, copper has no analogues at all in terms of thermal conductivity and manufacturability. Therefore, the combined combination of materials is fully justified. It can be a stainless food steel cube or an aluminum can, and a refrigerator with a copper coil in a stainless or plastic case.

And finally, a video on how to make a moonshine with your own hands

Unfortunately, the statistics of poisoning with vodka and other alcohol makes you wonder. Sometimes fake goods that are very dangerous to health get into stores, so some people have a question about how to make moonshine at home. With proper production, you can get only a quality product.

General description and principles of operation

The scheme of the moonshine still is simple, like everything ingenious. In design and operation, it is not much different from the distiller used in many chemical laboratories.

Device device. The main constituent elements are as follows: distillation cube: container for raw materials (mash); refrigerator with coil; tube to connect them.

To obtain higher quality moonshine, the device is sometimes supplemented with: a dry steamer; bubbler; charcoal or wood filter.

You can buy a ready-made device. However, many are more interested in collecting it on their own. Do even electrical installations using automation.

Working mechanism

The raw material is mash based on sugar or starch. This is where yeast is added. The composition is optimal for the necessary microorganisms - fungi - to start here.

During their life they will emit waste- alcohols in concentrated form, of which only ethyl alcohol is of interest. During the race, the following happens:

1. In the distillation cube, the mash is heated and decomposes into liquid and vapors containing alcohols.
2. The vapors move along the tube, the coil. Alcohols are divided into fractions (types).
3. In the refrigerator, water containers, suitable alcohol is cooled and condensed.

The difference between moonshine and rectified

It should be borne in mind that, even if this procedure is carried out several times, using additional devices (filter, bubbler, dryer), harmful impurities will remain. The quality of the product depends only on their volume.

There is a way to get alcohol with a minimum amount of impurities. This is a rectification in which alcohols are divided into fractions in several stages. To carry it out, you will need more sophisticated equipment, which is difficult to manufacture on your own.

Rectificate can be found in a pharmacy: this medical alcohol(95.57%). Moonshine is also called a distillate, also according to the method of production.

With the help of rectificate, the following drinks are prepared:

• vodka;
• liqueurs, etc.

In the process of obtaining a qualification properties are lost needed for some drinks. For example, the aroma of cognac appears due to fusel oils, so this drink is best made from distillate. Usually it is obtained by a professional industrial method. As an option, flavors are added to the rectified product.

The opinion that rectificate is safer than moonshine is erroneous. The purer the alcohol, the stronger than its intoxicating effect. Molecules quickly enter the nervous system from the blood, and harmful products are excreted longer. Poison is better absorbed and harder to come out.

Installation assembly

Distillation cube. For a distillation cube, any container with suitable qualities is suitable. Heated it more often on the stove.

The main requirement is tightness. Some weld the container on their own from ordinary or stainless steel. This option may not be reliable for the following reasons:

• Braga sticks, but there is no way to stir, since tightness is needed.
• When exposed to high temperatures and pressure, low-quality seams will disperse.

Fridge. The quality of the refrigerator as part of the distillation plant depends on: the speed of operation; product quantity. Refrigeration structures are divided into two types:

• accumulative;
• flowing.

In running water, it moves, so it does not have time to heat up. The design includes tubes.

1. Through the first water enters the refrigerator.
2. From the second - out.

storage refrigerator- closed container with water. Inferior in quality to flowing: the amount of condensate and the volume of the product are reduced. Cooling is not as efficient, which is why moonshine is 15-20% less.

You can find many drawings of a storage refrigerator for a home-made moonshine with your own hands. The simplest design - regular plastic bucket with holes for draining and collecting water and a coil inside. In winter, it is especially convenient, as you can collect snow and ice.

In storage containers, the drain hole should be at the top, for set - at the bottom. It is desirable to make the temperature in the distillation cube as low as possible. This will result in less steam and more product.

Moonshine will exit through another hole. For control, try on the wrist. If it's cool, the cooling system is fine, if it's hot, it's bad. In the latter case, the product will turn out to be about a third less.

Serpentine - tube placed in a refrigerator and connected to a cube or, if available, to a steamer. The longer, the better the steam is cooled. The following simple manufacturing options are common:

• Copper tube 15-20 mm in size, wound on the base. During winding, it is desirable to fill it with sand to prevent deformations that prevent condensate from escaping. In order not to get enough sleep, they plug it with a rod, for example, made of wood. The base is in a vice.
• Siphon hose, desired length - 2 m. It is also twisted in a spiral. Fastened with nipples, gaskets, nuts. In addition to any coil, a sealant is applied.

Sukhoparnik and bubbler

Sukhoparnik is an optional part of the design of a moonshine still made at home with your own hands.

He is needed for removing fusel oils. It is located between the distillation cube and the serpentine. It does the following:

1. The pressure and temperature decrease, so the vapors become liquid. The next wave of vapor pushes them out.
2. Fusel oils are collected on the walls of the vessel. When repeating the procedure 2-3 times, they almost do not remain.

The drink itself is often called sivukha because of its characteristic taste and smell. Less of these oils makes the product safer for health: hangover is not so severe.

It will not be possible to completely get rid of them during moonshine brewing (distillation). In many well-known drinks, these oils must be left in a certain amount (whiskey, rum, etc.). Such products are "advanced" analogues of moonshine. Often three steamers are used in a cascade. The advantages here are as follows:

• moonshine comes out very high quality, with a high degree of purification;
• already on the first stage, the fortress is about 80%.

Three containers - the optimal amount: if less, then the effect will be insufficient, a larger number plays almost no role.

The volume of one sukhoparnik is about 10 times less than that of a container with mash. Making is easy. Usually a glass jar of the required volume is taken, and the lid to it is “modernized”.

The lid should screw on. Two holes are made in it, for example, with a knife, a screwdriver. You need to try to avoid burrs. Fittings are inserted into the holes, fastened with nuts. Next, put on the tubes.

Periodically, the water is drained to avoid it getting into the coil, and then into the moonshine. Sukhoparnik is also used for flavoring. Add something to taste, for example:

• berries, preferably dried;
• herbs;
• citrus peels, etc.

Feel free to experiment with flavors. They will be barely distinguishable, and more by smell than by taste.

The bubbler is used for the same purposes as the steamer. The differences are more in the design. in the bubbler there is usually liquid, through which the pairs are passed. The feed tube is lowered much lower, almost to the bottom of the container.

Connecting tubes and filters

If flexible hoses are used for the connection, it is better to choose silicone ones. If PVC pipes are used, toxic substances will be released upon contact with hot vapors. Outwardly, these materials are sometimes confused. You can distinguish by some signs:

1. A piece of PVC burns with a lot of smoke and an unpleasant odor. Silicone does not smoke, almost does not smell, after which light ash remains.
2. Silicone is pleasant, silky to the touch.
3. PVC hardens at -10 °C, silicone remains elastic.

Filters for cleaning the finished product are made, for example, like this:

• The bottom of the plastic bottle is cut off.
• A lot of small holes are made in the cork.
• The filter itself is being prepared from cotton wool and a coal fraction inside. The ball rolls at least 4 cm in length.

Moonshine is passed through the received device. Before filtering, the drink must stand in a container with coal.

Selection of materials

In Soviet times, it was widely believed that the best material for a once-through distiller was copper. It was easy to find and inexpensive.

However, when alcohol vapors interact with copper, esters and aldehydes are formed, which remain in the system. Braga always has vinegar. When interacting with aluminum, harmful salts are obtained - alum.

Glass has neutral qualities, does not react. However, this material has a significant drawback - fragility. Food grade stainless steel- perhaps the most reliable option:

• does not react and does not form deposits;
• reliable;
• easy to care for.

Although copper is much better in terms of thermal conductivity and convenience in the manufacture of coils. Other materials may benefit from accessibility. The harm from their use is usually not significant. Therefore, the design of various suitable materials often justifies itself.

Examples of simple installations

A moonshine of the simplest design can be made from improvised means. The main thing is to follow simple rules and apply fantasy.

Moonshine from a saucepan. Even an ordinary five-liter pan is suitable for the device. It is better to use a pressure cooker, as it is more airtight. In addition to it, you need to find: a plastic bottle of 5 liters; copper tube: length - about 1 meter, diameter - 4-5 mm.

1. The handle is removed from the lid. A fitting is inserted into the hole, fixed on the inside with a nut. If the hole is small, you need to drill it out.
2. A silicone tube will be used as a connecting tube. It is harmless, does not change the taste, so it is often used by industrial manufacturers.
3. The refrigerator will be a plastic bottle with a copper tube placed inside. The bottle is turned over, the bottom is cut off. A coil is made from the tube, with a diameter of about 8 cm. It exits through a hole made in the bottle cap.
4. Water is poured into the mini-fridge, mash is poured into the pan.
5. In order to seal the pot lid is pressed with clothespins. Its edges can be covered with dough. When heated, it will harden. Another clamp option is carpentry clamps, sealant is a cut silicone tube.
6. The design can be complicated, improved. For example, a hole is made in the lid for a pin thermometer.

can distiller

Often a large milk can (flask) is used for manufacturing. It's pretty tight from the start.

The rubber seal must be removed. Braga will absorb her smell. Instead, fit food grade silicone gasket.

You can make your own from aquarium silicone:

• Applied to the edges of the lid. After complete drying - at least two more layers.
• Plain cellophane is put on the neck of the can, after which the lid is closed. You have to wait a few hours.

Further, a hole is made in the lid under a tube or a long coil. The thickness of the latter is about 12 mm. As a refrigerator, you can use, for example, a specially designed plastic bucket with holes at the bottom for water to enter and moonshine to come out.

For filing used hose connected to the water supply. Draining occurs through a hole in the upper part of the tube.

With proper preparation, moonshine may well compete with products from the store. He also has clear benefits: low price and comparative safety.

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