5 Litres Pure Copper Alembic Still for whiskey, moonshine, essential oils by Copperholic

The media could not be loaded. I am distilling essential oils and hydrosol.This beautiful still is hand made (and extremely well made btw) but does not come with all of the extra stuff that some ppl seem to expect. I absolutely love that about it. You pay for the still and the rest you need to figure out what is best for your individual needs. Since distilling is an ancient method it makes sense me, especially since there are so many ways to rig these things.I will list below what I purchased and why, to fit my personal needs for this thing.-Hot plate to heat the bottom of the still-15mm hoses (outside of the hose) for the hydrosol and EO’s to come out of the coil, and hoses to attach to the water outlet ( I bought a small fish tank water pump to rotate the water. But it is taking forever to come in, so I went ahead and invested in an ice machine and extra ice trays (bc my freezer ice maker can’t keep up) to keep the coil cold. I siphon the water out through the hose when it gets full. Super easy.)-a salad dressing seperator (to later decanter the hydrosol from the EO’s).. and the ice bucket with the black hose attached was actually an ice pack for a broken leg that rotates ice cold water in and out of the bucket-Duct tape (to close any gaps)-Foil and steel wiring (to shape some sort of holding device for your biomass, resin or wood so it doesn’t fall into the large water tank.All of these things I bought on Amazon.

The media could not be loaded. This is my very first still and I am so happy with it! I’ve used it twice already, distilling hydrosols. I was a bit intimidated at first, but it is super easy. All you need to do is buy some plastic tubing from your local brew shop, but honestly, you could even get away without using any. I am very impressed with the craftsmanship. It is so beautiful, especially with the sun shining down on it! Also, it doesn’t leak out steam from the pot/onion head, which I was very impressed with. I do, however, use dough to seal the seam at the swan neck to the condenser just for extra reinforcement. I love this thing so much! I just wonder if there is an attachment that exists for it to allow you to steam distill…

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It is very well made. I didn’t used it for distillation because it is so beautiful that I decided to use it for decoration.

This has been updated (and adjusted from 2 star to 5 star) as Copperholic addressed my issues. My suggestion, when you order, is that you request a still that has cooling inlets and outlets that are NOT no the same plane, but instead one at the top and one at the bottom so that you can setup some sort of cooling loop.OLD REVIEW ---You can't do a cooling loop.Both water connections are on the TOP (less than an inch below the rim). Think about that, and think about how you cool that and keep it cooling.The only thing they had to do was put one of the connections at the bottom of the cooling vessel and they would have a really good product here.

Very well made and solid beautiful and functional just have to clean out debris in the condenser coil and onion head pipe with the right brushes it’s no problem the only thing I would change is were the onion pipe meets the condenser coil should have been threaded with a nut to connect the coil to the pipe and the condenser could be bigger it does have to inlet or outlet ports for water circulation or drainage but they are both at the top and bottom how it should all of this is no big deal for me to fix all of this stuff easy enough I’ve actually made a still years ago so it will be kind of fun to do a little soldering just have to buy a pipe cutter some pipe and a few small copper pieces and that’s it I just got it and have not even used it for the first run I’m going to use ice and Teflon tape to seal the condenser the rest is air tight from my experience this is going to be a great still

As a newcomer to the distilling game I did some research and decided this still would be best suited for my needs. It is beautifully crafted and easy to assemble. If you are buying this still to use and not for looks as some people have reviewed, my advice is to research what distilling entails. I didn’t realize all that was involved. After one use, I can say it was worth the money and overall easy to “operate”.

I purchased the 20-liter copper still for my dad as a Christmas present. We set it up and did a cleaning run and it worked perfectly! We did not even use a flour paste to seal it and it didn't leak one bit. We are going to enjoy this still!