How To Build A Still

Alcoholic beverages are drinks that contain ethanol and are grouped into beers, wines and spirits. People intake alcohol for many different purposes. Of course you have sensible drinkers but there are others who just drink it to alter the way they feel. Many individuals drink it to build an image such as looking grown-up. There are some who intake it because they are forced into doing so or they want to conform. Some consume it out of mere curiosity while other individuals consume it as a method to deal with their problems. For whichever purpose, we cannot deny the reality that alcohol is loved, craved and sometimes lead to adependence. In fact some individuals value alcohol so much that they want to create their own. This is where a still comes in useful. A still is a machine that is used to distill alcoholic drinks. The directions below will guide you into making your own still if you are captivated in making your own beverages. There are many ways in which they can be created but this is one of the straightforward models.

Materials Required:
4-gallon copper boiler
2" x 36" pipe
1" x 24" copper tubing
Solder (lead free)
Stainless steel milk can
1" x 11/2 reducing coupler
1 and half" x 2" reducing coupler
3" nipple
1" x 2 half" nipple
1" elbow
Copper coils
Spigot faucet
Large copper tub
1 and half" 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

Instructions:
1.Use saw to cut copper boiler in two.
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 and half" reducing coupler.
10.Solder 3" nipple in place. Put the glass thermometer in the nipple and secure 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 must point downward then solder the smaller nipple to it.
14.Solder the nipple to coiled copper tubing.
15.Put 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 position.
17.Place electric heater under the boiler.
18.Put 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 begin 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 rules governing the use of stills in your country so before you go ahead and create or use one, research what they are.