I have had a lot of messages for the design of my Pot and LM/VM Stills...
To me, the pot still is very simple in design and can be made, including the Liebig condenser, in a couple of hours...
The pot still is the one I use 80% of the time... It has no thermometer and cuts are taken by taste/smell/quantity/abv.
Heres a breakdown of the still... Heres a breakdown of the Liebig condenser... Heres a Close up of the Still head and the boiler connection... I get a very nice ujssm/sweetfeed/all-bran whiskey from this still.
So good infact, that I'am very reluctant to change the design, the only addition I can see in the future would be a thumper.
I do all my stripping runs from this still and have had no problems since I built it...
To the biginner:
As stated, this still can be made in a few hours, I am reluctant to post still breakdown/plans as I believe the study does not start with
the building of a still, but by the hours put into research and theory. Anybody wanting to build this excellent still can do so, but if you need
to ask questions on safety, soldering, stripping, mashing, ect;, then you should be reading instead of building...
You have to start stillin somewhere and what better, than a proven design thats worked for years and years...
Cost for this still was £80 - £100 / ($120US - $150US)...
No rubbers, plastics or silicons of any kind should ever be used in the construction...
All solder used was lead free and to clean this rig just follow Kiwistillers Cleaning Run Tutorial... Kiwistiller also has a great Tutorial on Running a Pot Still... Thanks Kiwi...
This is by no way The Difinitive Guide to building a pot still and I make no claim that it is, other cheaper ways to make a pot still exist
but the size of the boiler and the height of the still head enable this still to be used in the home. The product take-off is also far enough
away as to not cause consern when stillin. I allways put a fire-blanket between the take-off and heat source when in-doors.
Hope it helps guy's and Be Safe....