Making a mini moonshine still

The abundance of alcoholic beverages on the shelves of our stores, however, does not affect the reduction in the cost of these products. And a simple esthete cannot afford store-bought products.
A simple design of a mini-factory for the production of homemade moonshine (alcohol) is proposed. Anyone with basic knowledge of physics and chemistry can assemble the proposed design.
Structurally, the device is made in a three-liter glass jar. The process technology consists of condensing alcohol vapor on a cooler and then collecting the resulting condensate in a container.


At the initial stage, we manufacture the parts of the device. The cooler is a 0.5 liter metal container filled to the brim with small metal parts (nuts, bolts, washers, nails, etc.). We pierce two holes in the upper part of the container to secure the rope. The best material is copper. After filling the can with metal, the free volume of the container is filled with water. The container is placed in the freezer for cooling.


At the second stage, we make a watering can and a container for collecting the finished product. The material for the watering can will be any PET bottle with a capacity of 0.5 liters. We cut the bottle at a distance of 60 mm from the neck.We make a container for collecting ethyl alcohol from another 0.33 liter aluminum can of beer or carbonated drinks. The height of the required container from the bottom to the top edge is 70 mm. The capacity of the manufactured container will be about 50 ml. In the upper part of the container we pierce two opposite holes for attaching the rope.


Assembling the structure involves sequentially stringing a container, a watering can, a cooler and a jar lid onto a rope.


To obtain alcohol, you need to pour raw materials into the jar. This could be mash, wine, etc.


Pour 200-250 ml of raw materials into a three-liter jar. Remove the cooler from the refrigerator and assemble the structure. Place the assembled structure into the jar. Close the jar tightly with a plastic lid.

Next, we place the jar on the battery. It will be ready in 10 hours.



In the summer, when steam heating is not working, lower the jar into a container of hot water. Maintain water temperature within 50°C. The process will also last about 10 hours.

The main advantage: this is a practically free device for preparing moonshine (alcohol) in winter conditions. We freeze the cooler jar outside (it’s very good for those who have a balcony or loggia), and we place the evaporator itself on a steam heating radiator. If you have your own raw materials, then everything is practically free, and there is no smell during distillation.
One such device gives approximately 50 ml in 10-12 hours. alcohol, if there are two of them, then 100 ml.

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Comments (15)
  1. Veeh
    #1 Veeh Guests 23 January 2012 14:03
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    The design on a coil gives about 3 liters in two or three days. Only by law you can’t sell it.
  2. Pesik1
    #2 Pesik1 Guests December 10, 2012 13:04
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    How many degrees will the alcohol be?
  3. Dmitry Vladimirovich
    #3 Dmitry Vladimirovich Guests January 9, 2013 06:59
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    When a tireless soul requires alcohol, then an inquisitive mind and creative ingenuity breaks through impossible technologies, contrary to any common sense, for the benefit of peace: lol:
  4. 201305151506
    #4 201305151506 Guests 18 May 2013 18:22
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    It is not clear from the photographs how and where the product is collected if the cooler blocks access to the funnel and the product returns back.
  5. Vyacheslav
    #5 Vyacheslav Guests 28 May 2013 19:22
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    the alcohol condenses on the cooler and flows down it into the watering can; there is a gap between the cooler and the funnel
  6. Vitaly
    #6 Vitaly Guests June 23, 2013 01:37
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    At this temperature, methyl alcohol will evaporate and condense first, because it boils at a lower temperature than ethyl alcohol. And this is terrible poison. My advice to you is not to bother yourself with bullshit, but assemble a normal distillation apparatus.
    1. Yat
      #7 Yat Guests 16 March 2018 18:57
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      Methyl alcohol is formed from fruit and berry raw materials, but not from sugar mash.
  7. Helen
    #8 Helen Guests 17 September 2014 13:35
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    Isn't this illegal?
  8. Miroslav
    #9 Miroslav Guests 25 January 2015 16:01
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    A soda distillation apparatus, which was used during the all-out fight against moonshine. We took a large saucepan, 30-40 liters. We poured mash, about half the capacity. A stand was pre-made with legs at a height of 3-4 cm above the liquid level.the stand was placed in the pan. A container for collecting moonshine was selected with a diameter 5-6 cm smaller than the diameter of the pan, so that it could be pulled out. The pan was covered with a bowl with a diameter equal to the pan. The pan with the bowl was sealed using dough. With a certain skill, the output was within the calculated limits.
  9. N1tro
    #10 N1tro Guests August 22, 2017 09:41
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    Once again I was convinced that we cannot be defeated if we can assemble a useful device from simple components!
  10. Fomichev
    #11 Fomichev Guests 31 December 2017 14:16
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    A simple machine based on a milking bucket gives 3 liters per hour of strength 55-60 degrees