STILL - 50 Litre DUAL PURPOSE COMPLETE

Dual Purpose Still - 50 Litre.

This is a dual-purpose unit and can be run as a pot still or as a reflux column.

To run as a reflux still, simply pack the column with copper mesh to remove sulfates and increase distillation speed & purity.

Running your dual-purpose tower as a reflux still:

1. Place 1 roll of copper mesh (rolled up in a cylinder shape as you received it ) into the bottom of the bottom part of the tower.  

2. Pour the stainless steel saddles in until they are just below the top of the lower portion of the tower.

3. Place 1 roll of mesh up into the top part of the tower so that it is right in the middle of the reflux chamber (this helps conduct heat, making the reflux condenser purpose more efficient)

4. Attach the bottom part of the tower to the ferrule on your boiler. Ensure the gasket slides into the groove in the ferrule on each side (the gasket being seated properly is important for a good seal). You can then wrap the tri-clamp around both ferrules and screw down the clamp to firmly.

5. Attach the top part of the tower, using a gasket like you did in step 2.

6. Screw the thermometer into the thermowell and clamp the thermowell in place using the 1.5-inch gasket and clamp.

7. Attach the cooling water source input tube to the lower barbed fitting on the condenser (the long, skinny, diagonal one). To attach these, simply tighten/screw down the hose clamp down on the tubing on the barbed connector.

8. Attach the cooling water output tube to the top of the reflux chamber and run it to wherever you want it to drain.

Running your reflux tower as a pot still:

1. Place 1 or 2 rolls of mesh up into the top part of the tower. This is just sacrificial copper to provide a large surface area that the sulfides can react with.

2. Attach the top part of the tower to the ferrule on your boiler. Ensure the gasket slides into the groove in the ferrule on each side (the gasket being seated properly is important for a good seal). You can then wrap the tri-clamp around both ferrules and screw down the clamp to firmly.

3. Screw the thermometer into the thermowell and clamp the thermowell in place using the 1.5-inch gasket and clamp.

4. Attach the cooling water source input tube to the lower barbed fitting on the condenser.

5. Attach the cooling water output tube to the top of the condenser and run it to any available drain.

Complete Stills

To distill spirits, you need an excise distilling license from the Australian Taxation Office.  If you are licensed, you don't need to apply for separate permission for your still.

The ATO does not grant licenses to distill spirits for personal consumption. There must be a commercial purpose involved.

Severe penalties apply if you distill alcohol without a license.