Home brewing your own alcohol can be an exceptionally rewarding hobby, but finding the right equipment for a good price can be a daunting one. Whether you want to impress your friends by making your own whiskey or learn how to make moonshine at home for yourself, most people struggle with where to start.
In choosing the correct moonshine equipment, always value quality. Becoming an expert at distilling your own alcohol, essential oils, or water at home means that you need to be familiar with every part of your moonshine still.
Owing to your own moonshine still does not necessarily have to be pricey, and the choice of freedom to make your own alcohol not just includes a lot of fun, but can certainly save you money as well.
Types of Moonshine Stills
Whether you call it a ‘moonshine still’, a ‘whiskey still’, or just a plain odd ‘still’, you will always in need of a copper still. Many stills are made of stainless steel and then offer copper mesh to filter your spirits, but generally, a copper still is the most preferred.
Parts of a Still:
Pot: Also called as “moonshine still boilers,” the pot holds your mash and is placed directly over your heat, and attaches to the onion head or column at the top.
Column: A column still includes a cylinder with inner platforms and compartments and may be split top, solid, or flip top.
Onion head: Generally shaped like an onion, it has a thermometer built-in and attaches to the condenser coil.
Condenser coil: This is a long thin tube of copper which allows the steam to cool into your distillate.
Collection cup: Use a metal, glass, or pottery container to collect the distillate at the spout of the condenser coil. Remember not to use plastic containers.
Distilling Accessories:
Propane burner: Distill alcohol can produce dangerous flammable vapors. So it’s always recommended to distill outdoor or in a well-ventilated area. Portable burners with stable bases can work wonder as controllable heat sources for distillation.
Turbo yeast: When making your moonshine mash, you can control the fermentation with turbo yeast in order to produce high-quality alcohol.
Flour: You can make use of the paste made from flour in order to seal the seams between the parts of your copper still. You are required to do this with every run, so keep flour handy.
Ice packs: You will require a cooling system to keep your condenser coil chilled. Running cool water continuously by packing the coil in ice can help to maintain temperature.
After going through this guide, you must not have any doubts regarding the best moonshine still kit for your personal needs. Stay confident that you are going to own a quality still that will produce high-quality batches for years to come.
