amazing plastic still clever method of making spirit

[...]... but wait until you have 4 litres of spirit instead of three Repeat this with the rest of the mash After this you are left with 12 litres of weak spirit Clean out the apparatus and distil the 12 litres you have just distilled Now you have a higher strength and a more pure spirit It is possible to get out 7 – 8 litres of 50% spirit You will now have a remaining 10% of spirit in the 10-litre vessel, which... which you can add to the next batch of mash (after it has finished fermenting) More methods… The apparatus is inexpensive, so you can make two Use them as follows: 1 Distil 8 litres of mash in the first still and remove the 4 litres of distillate You then pour the distillate into the 10-litre vessel of the second unit Dispose of the remainder in the 10-litre vessel of the first unit 2 Repeat again and... unit after distillation is returned to the 10-litre vessel of the first unit 6 Top up with mash to 8 litres in the first unit and distil 7 Return to point 2 The advantage with two stills is that you get a stronger and cleaner spirit as it is double-distilled The procedure is just as quick as using one apparatus although it involves a little more work Yet another method is to break off distilling earlier,... this to quality of the spirit will suffer At 45 degrees C the quality will be so good very little active carbon will be needed to make to the spirit perfect Follow the instructions how to make a plastic still on the previous pages, but instead of using an ordinary 10 litre bucket, use this insulated instead Fill up with 8 litres of mash and put on the lid The extra lid is placed on top of the other lid... 25-litre container you have spirit, which is to be purified through activated carbon Store it in, for example, a keg Then you just distil the next 8 litre batch of mash and then the last 8 litres Now you have 9 litres of spirit to purify Alternative method If you are not satisfied with an alcohol strength of 35-40% another procedure can be followed Distil a good 8 litres measure of mash as usual but wait... The spirit is purified with activated carbon to remove fusel oils and bad odours Do not be mean with purifying It is better to make produce of quality which much more fun to offer your guests than bad home-distilled You can purify so well the product is equal to the finest vodka Purification with activated carbon is done by pouring the spirit through a tube filled with the activated carbon The spirit. .. simple as that Thanks to the fact that the quality of the spirit is already good from the beginning very little carbon filtration is required Use activated carbon of good quality! There is a big difference between various brands Buy the best at www.partyman.se Carbon with a granule size of 0.4 mm – 0.85 mm is generally better that 0.4 – 1.2 mm The best method of purifying is to use a water purifier as found... 10-litre vessel of the second unit 3 Start the second unit and take out 4 litres The resulting product is strong and almost pure, needing very little carbon to finish it off 4 The same time as the second unit is operating you pour new mash in the first unit and take out 4 litres Discard the remaining content of the 10-litre vessel after distillation 5 The remainder left in the 10-litre vessel of the second... mark of the 10-litre container The hole should be 30 mm wide and 20 mm high Cut carefully to avoid cracking the plastic On the opposite side at the top cut another somewhat larger hole The lid will cover the hole a little The size of this second hole should be 35 mm wide and 20mm high The different heights of the holes induce a draught in the vessel It is not difficult to insulate Cut a strip of insulation... a strip of insulation making it 1 metre long and a bit wider than the vessel (Roll out a length and cut off) Place it round the vessel and tie in place with cotton string Cut off surplus insulation round the top and bottom of the vessel and cut out the holes The insulation is very easy to cut so this is simple Put on more layers and bind fast until you finally have a thickness of 10 mm or more It’s . The Amazing Plastic Still A clever method of making spirit PREVIEWTEXT . case of Sweden all illegally consumed spirit is termed “black spirit . This can be a little of anything, such as smuggled spirit, home distilled or industrial spirit. It is industrial spirit. distilled” is used wrongly instead of “black spirit . If you are offered home distilled you cannot be certain it is actually home distilled. In the worse case it can be industrial spirit of