Alcoholic beverages are drinks that comprise ethanol and are categorized into beers, wines and spirits.
Persons drink alcohol for various reasons.
Of course you have responsible drinkers but there are some who just drink it to alter the way they feel.
A lot of individuals drink it to create an image such as appearing grown-up.
There are others who intake it because they are forced into doing so or they want to conform.
Some drink it out of simple curiosity while some persons drink it as a method to handle their problems.
For whatever purpose, we cannot contradict the fact that alcohol is valued, desired and sometimes lead to a dependence.
In fact some individuals value alcohol so much that they want to produce their own.
This is where a still comes in practice.
A still is a machine that is used to distill alcoholic drinks.
The instructions below will guide you into creating your own still if you are interested in making your own drinks.
There are many variations in which they can be created but this is one of the straightforward models.
Materials Necessary: 4-gallon copper boiler 2" x 36" pipe 1" x 24" copper tubing Solder (lead free) Stainless steel milk tin 1" x 11/2 reducing coupler 1 1/2" x 2" reducing coupler 3" nipple 1" x 2 1/2" nipple 1" elbow Copper coils Spigot faucet Large copper tub 1 1/2" copper elbow pipe New bucket Piece of garden hose Airlock Rubber stopper Connecting ring (to join boiler and 2" pipe) Silicon Mixture to be fermented Yeast Cold water Tools Required: Glass thermometer Solder gun Electric heater Drill Directions: 1.
Use saw to cut copper boiler in half.
2.
Put copper sheet face up on work table.
Place half the copper boiler on top.
3.
Cut a piece of sheeting a little bigger than the cut boiler.
4.
Solder the sheet to the boiler using solder gun.
5.
Place the boiler flat side down and cut 2" hole in the top.
6.
Use solder gun and solder the connecting ring over the hole.
7.
Use drill to drill a hole in the top of the 1 1/2" elbow connector.
8.
Solder 2" pipe to the connecting ring.
9.
Solder the elbow connector to the top of the pipe using 1 1/2" reducing coupler.
10.
Solder 3" nipple in position.
Place the glass thermometer in the nipple and fasten with silicon.
11.
Solder 1" reducing coupler to the next end of the pipe.
12.
Solder 1" length of pipe to the coupler.
13.
Solder 1" elbow joint to the pipe-end.
The other end of the elbow should point downward then solder the smaller nipple to it.
14.
Solder the nipple to coiled copper tubing.
15.
Place the large copper tub beneath the coils so that they rest in the tub bottom.
16.
Cut a hole in the metal container so that the tubing meet with it and solder into place.
17.
Put electric heater under the boiler.
18.
Place the mixture to be fermented into the new bucket.
19.
Add yeast and cover tightly.
20.
Cut a hole in the top of the container to fit rubber stopper.
21.
Place the rubber stopper in the hole then connect airlock.
You are now ready to start distillation.
22.
Fill the tub with cold water and siphon the fermented mixture into the boiler.
23.
Turn on the heat.
25.
Put a clean container at the end of the spigot then open the spigot.
Tip: There may be laws governing the use of stills in your country so before you go ahead and build or use one, find out what they are.