water distiller

[figgy21]

Genie MK2 Water Distiller

i am a newbie to all this can this distiller be used for mash?? for making
alcohol as i dont have the nohow to build 1 and i read alot about the plastic still i dont want to go down that road either..

cheers
figgy

[Dnderhead]

I sure that could be converted but why? at 325$ you could billed
Several pot stills and there easy

[alice]

as i dont have the nohow to build 1

Maybe not, but you will if you keep reading. Most of us here had no 'nohow' when we started either, but there's so much info here that even the rankest amateur (and I for one am amongst the rankest:)) can build a working still for a fraction of the cost of one you'd buy.

[figgy21]

K thanks for the input looks like i have alot of reading and studying to do..


cheers

[Dnderhead]

Yes alace your right ,you can make a simple pot still out of a pot and copper
pipe my first still was a coffee can "the type that used key to open"
" tellin age" and copper pipe knock your socks off but gave big head
Ben learning every sense

[HookLine]

Figgy, building a basic but functional pot still is so simple and cheap. It really takes nothing much more than a stainless or copper pot (at least 15-20 litres), with a 1/2" copper coil coming out of the lid and through a large bucket of water.

You don't even have to be able to solder, you can just drill one hole in the lid and use a compression fitting to attach the coil.

There are a handful of other bits and pieces, like the heating set-up (a standard gas stove will do it), sealing the lid up during a run (flour paste and bulldog clamps work well), and a thermometer in the lid is useful when you are first starting out to help you learn what is going on inside the still. Apart from that all you have to do is learn how to drive it.

It really is that simple.

You can make pretty well any drink you want with it, except straight vodka, and even then you can get close.