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Distilling How-To

http://www.homedistiller.org/image/mini_explained.jpg

Homedistiller is the go-to place for you Modern hillbillys that prefer making your own booze. This site is "A manual on distilling alcohol at home: designing and building, or buying a still, preparing the wash, understanding how distillation works, flavouring and aging the spirits."

The whole site is downloadable, and here is a stripped-down menu of the contents:

Introduction


  • Explaining the Theory






  • Distillate Strength & Temperature






  • Reflux Still Design Theory






  • Interactive Design Calculations






  • Unit Conversion Calculations






  • Types of Stills






  • Photos of Stills






  • Making a Still






  • Buying a Still






  • Other Equipment






  • Which Wash to Make






  • Sugar Based






  • Grains









  • Fruit






  • Fermentation









  • Distilling the Wash






  • Diluting the Distilate






  • Polishing Neutral Spirits






  • Aging Spirits






  • Using Wood






  • Essence or Flavour Stills






  • Gin






  • Making Schnapps






  • Flavoured Neutral Spirits






  • Liqueurs (sweet) - fruit & herbs






  • Liqueurs (sweet) - citrus, nut & spices






  • Essential Oils






  • Ukranian Alcoholic beverages






  • Links to Other Sites






    This site contains a step-by-step guide to building a relatively sophisticated home distillation apparatus that produces a highly refined distillate. The still is made from commonly available materials, with simple hand tools, and can be built for under $100.USD.

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