Home Distillation of Alcohol (Homemade Alcohol to Drink)

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Distillation and Stills


Distilling Information Archive
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Title 27 relating to Distilled Spirits Plants (DSP) ha a useful FAQ section.
Mike Nixon and Mike McCaw's Amphora Society - home of "The Compleat Distiller" book.
Th Swedish Moonshine at http://www.users.bigpond.com/larborn
StillCookers page at http://us.geocities.com/stillcooker/index.html
StillCooker's site
StillMakers "Build a World Class Distillation Apparatus" site : Http://www.Moonshine-Still.com for free reflux still plans
ibrew wine & beer making suppliers in Australia - suppliers of oak casks
Ian Smiley's book "Making pure corn whiskey" at http://www.home-distilling.com Mother Earth Alcohol Fuel manual http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/meToC.html
The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel by S.W. Mathewson : http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual_ToC.html
Distilleries in your country
Outterson, LLC (US) still & equipment supplier
The Household Cyclopedia - heaps of information & tips (though some looks a little dated)
"Dangerous Laboratories's" Building a Tea Kettle still - with heaps of photos to help too.
Jan Willem's Distilling page - great illustrations and details.
Winesupply - US based still makers
Bob Sebert's MoonWater Distillation
Distillers news group
Thicko's guide to distilling alcohol.
Gert Strand's Partyman Homepage - book, yeasts & fermentation
Aaron Smith's Millenium Moonshine page
A still aboard the Mir spacecraft ?
Australian Distillation Act of 1901
Big Al's page
The Hooch page
Vik's Brewing Real Schnapps Without a Still
Fermtech & Still Spirits (New Zealand)- stills, flavours & yeasts.
Spirits Unlimited (New Zealand)- still manufacturer & book.
Aqua Vitae (New Zealand)- homebrew shop.
Brewers World (New Zealand) - lists suppliers of the Fermtech & Still Spirits goodies.
Desti Lab Stainless Alcohol Still/Water Purifier
Malt Masterclass for training in Malt whisky distilling
Secrets of Building an Alcohol Producing Still
Glens notes on how he does his distilling
See the Virtual Bar for a brief summary of the process
Hullu kotikeittäjä
Vendome Copper and Brass works - price list
Polish Vodka - on vodka technology
Schnapsbrennen
Brewhaus (Canada) - essences & yeast
John Stoneshttp://www.gin-vodka.com

Technical/Detail Information

University of Nevada Las Vegas Hotel Administration Course : http://www.unlv.edu./Tourism/362Textbook/ and the slide presentation which goes with the course : http://www.unlv.edu/Tourism/FAB362PowerPointSlides/.
http://www.whiskyschool.com/
Murtagh & Associates The Alcohol Glossary
Clear & easy to understand explaination of how distilling works
UCC's details on ethanol's properties & chemical reactions
Information about alcoholism & the effects of alcohol at Unhooked
Alcohol, etc in general.
Distillation when it was known as Alchemy - worth a look !
University of Akron's slide-show on principles of distillation
"The Brewery's" Technical Library for articles on brewing related topics (extremely comprehensive)
AllTech's company homepage (yeast suppliers & Alcohol training)
Purdue University Alcohol Distillation
Info & experiments about yeast and alcohol.
Fun Facts about alcohol
Packed Column Design
Column Packing
Column Internals
Column fillings for home distillation
The Column Packing
'Structured Metal Packing
Distillation Column Design in Separating Ethanol-Water Mixture(html on Google)
Factors Affecting Distillation Column Operation
Distillation, Vapor Pressure, Vapor-Liquid Equilibria
'The Basics of Copper-Pot Distillation Equipment & Processes

Ethanol as a Fuel

Robert Warrrens Running on Alcohol
By far the most comprehensive : Steve Spence's Renewable Energy pages - with a focus on motor fuel, and the USA ATF permitting processes.
Journey to Forever covers it, along with other reneable energies.

Traditional Distillation

Fermented cereals a global perspective http://www.fao.org/docrep/x2184e/x2184e00.htm#con
History of Vodka - its origin, name and distilling in Poland
Alcohol in East Africa. 1850-1999
The Cognac process, and the Art of Distilling (brief summary)
Whiskies of the World Expo
Irish Poteen for sale
Indonesian distillation from lontar palm
Making Whiskey - a personal experience by Roger Dowker
Herbal oil extracts

Flavouring

Des Zines (Topkiwi) Code Imports - flavours and essences
Commercial Style Liqueurs
Gunther's Liqueur Making - principles and techniques
Alternative site for Gunther's Liqueur Making
French recipes (in French, so use Babel Fish to translate)
A Polish site : http://www.kuchnia.3miasto.pl/alko-dom.htm

Moonshine

Techniques and equipment have improved considerably since..
Greek raki
Moonshine Online
A moonshine story
Moonshining - Everything your Dad didn't tell you, and your Grandpa forgot.
Moonshine - How to Make it.
The View from Here.
Moonshining in the Southern Appalachians
Diana's moonshine recipe.
$15 moonshine book (no idea what its like)
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