Comments on: How Do I Make Alcohol With My SmartStill?

By: file

file — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:47:47 +0000

The smart still is the most magical piece of equipmemt Ihave ever baug
File
Ireland

By: file

file — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:42:12 +0000

Is it safe to distill just fermented sugar and water,and then add flaverings
File

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:32:13 +0000

Stop by the forums, there are plenty of people over there who will be happy to help out!

By: VFelcrowe

VFelcrowe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:18 +0000

I recently purchased an EasyStill and I am very interested in making my own flavoured brandys. Am i right in thinking that all I have to do is input what exactly I have into the calculator and then discard everything after its’ highest purity point?

Any help would be great.

By: Ingeborg Lelieveld

Ingeborg Lelieveld — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:32:58 +0000

Hi all of you. First an appology(?) in advance for my limited English: I’m from the Netherlands.
Secondly: great that this site exists! For we are starting just now making wine/distilling, and that leads us to number three: a question .
We just bought the Smartstill Mark II; besides this Smartstill there is the Smartstill Basic. Now for what I understand is that the Smartstill Mark II has the benefit of better -more fine-regulating possibilities and following my intuition I reconned that -perhaps- this Smartstill can give better results. Is there anybody who knows something about this subject?
Thanks verry much for answering,
Ingeborg L.

By: Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:10:56 +0000

A question more to do with distilling home brewed stuff than anything retail.
If you’ve brewed it yourself there’s liable to be other alcohols present in the wash. Now these are in low enough concentrations to be ok if you’re drinking it ‘as is’, but on the other hand if you’re distilling it then the still will not only output ethanol but the others also (methanol propanol etc) and some fractions will contain *primarily* these components.

All that I know about distillation is that you are careful about the temperature of the vapour, the temperature indicates the content of that fraction.

Could you give some instructions on playing it safe, the best way to get only *ethanol* and none of the toxic bits and pieces ?

Thanks, Dave J.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:22:15 +0000

Hi,

I bought my smartstill to extract essential oils from flowers and plants . I know how to operate the still, but I thought that I would ask for advice.This is an amateur hobby of mine and so I don’t want to damage the smartstill, and also I want to obtain best quality essences.

Any tips or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Robs

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:30:07 +0000

Excuse my ignorance, but as far as I know a lot of essential oils are made by putting the materials in a basket suspended over steam, is that right? As far as I know it should work – stop by the forums or drop me an e-mail with more details about what you need to do and I will see if I can help!

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:06:11 +0000

Hi,
I have a question. Can this easy still be used to produce essential oils? The Easy Still website (Easystill.com) said that it could, but didn’t give instructions on adapting the still for oil production. I found your post on the Home Distiller’s forum page. I’ve been looking to buy a distiller and this one (if it’s adaptable) looks to be the easiest to use.

Any and all answers to my question will be greatly appreciated. It will help me deceide to buy or keep looking at 40/24 distillation kits.

Thank you
dkw, ILL USA

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:12:18 +0000

Glad to hear it! It’s all stuff which I cobbled together from reading lots of websites and forum posts when I first started, which took me a lot of searching. I figured someone should put it all together to make it easier for other people, and it’s good to know that it’s helped at least one person – happy distilling!