The most ordinary pressure cooker can easily turn into a workable moonshine still with virtually no alteration. If you approach the right way to make it, then such a homemade distiller will last a very long time. And in no case will it be inferior neither in performance nor in quality to modern distillation systems.
DIY moonshine still
Using a pressure cooker you can cook a wide variety of dishes. Many housewives use pressure cookers, but not everyone knows that they can be used in any other quality.
Another use of a pressure cooker is to use it to make home-made quality moonshine. That is, you can make a moonshine from a pressure cooker with your own hands. At the same time, it will favorably differ from distillation systems produced in production.
Differences of home moonshine:
- pressure cookers are sold everywhere and have a low price;
- a minimum of refinement is required to turn the pressure cooker into a full-fledged distillation apparatus;
- you can use any, even the old one, in which it is no longer possible to cook food dishes.
The only drawback that a moonshine made from a pressure cooker has is the small size of its distillation tank.
In order to modify the pressure cooker and turn it into a distillation system, you will need:
- thermometer;
- lid for pressure cooker reservoir, hermetically sealed;
- crane;
- coil;
- several small rubber or plastic hoses;
- capacity for the finished product.
Pressure cooker refinement
The question of how to make a moonshine from a pressure cooker worries many. And you need to start work with the completion of the evaporator. You have to redo the pressure cooker lid a bit. It is necessary to make two holes in it, if they were not there, into which the futors subsequently crash. For the first hole, 1/2 thread is required, and 3/4 for the second. Through the first hole, a refrigeration chamber and an evaporator will be connected through a tube. A thermometer is installed in the second hole.
Next, you need to create a distiller. That is, you will need to find a suitable coil or capacitor. The best option would be to purchase this item in a store or market. Of course, since high strength is required, the coil must be made of quartz glass. You can find similar devices in medical institutions, or you can visit the bird market, where these devices are probably sold and picking up a coil of the right size is not difficult.
Or you can make a capacitor with your own hands. You will need to purchase a copper tube, bend it in the form of a spiral, and use plain tap water as a cooler. Cold, of course.
It remains to correctly interconnect all the details of the future moonshine still. In this case, special attention should be paid to the stability of all elements of the apparatus in the distiller, the reliability of fastening and to carefully seal each of the joints. The result is an excellent moonshine made from a pressure cooker. The photo allows you to consider all the details and components of the device.
Construction with a steamer
The need for the use of a steamer in a distillation system has long been known. They easily complement any pressure cooker or pressure cooker. At the same time, the functionality of the device does not suffer; in it you can still cook manti or quickly cook meat or fish. Just another detail is added to the design of the pressure cooker, which makes the moonshine still out of the pressure cooker.
As a steamer, you can use any glass jar with a lid with a capacity of up to half a liter. Two holes are made in the cover, into which two hoses are tightly inserted. The first is connected to a pressure cooker, the second to a refrigerator.
The distiller works very simply. Vapors of alcohol, which are formed during the boiling of mash, condense in a dry steam tank. Then the alcohol boils again and again evaporates, while the heavy fractions and fusel oils remain inside the vessel.
Speaking of such a home-made moonshine, it should be noted that it is possible to cook not only fine moonshine in it, but also make excellent whiskey or cognac and even rum yourself. At the same time, you can use various flavors, which are plentiful on sale. The most important thing is to dose them correctly and not to overdo it.
How to care for your distiller
In order to remake a pressure cooker into a moonshine still, it is also necessary to purchase funds for the care and storage of all its elements. For processing stainless parts you should buy a special paste, and for metal parts you can use Pelox or Sarox paste.
Silicon grease cannot be dispensed with, since a moonshine made from a pressure cooker must be lubricated so that its parts do not dry out. Otherwise, air will pass in these places, and depressurization will deprive the device of operability. Many use special ointments manufactured by Flotant. You can buy them at fishing stores.
Moonshine storage
After the work with the device is completed, you need to wait until the distiller has completely cooled down, and then disassemble the system, starting from the refrigerator. Disconnect the coil from all hoses, rinse thoroughly and set aside for now. After flushing silicone hoses and tubes, dry them. After washing the pressure cooker itself and the steam cooker, completely dry them and carefully lubricate all the necessary parts. After that, you need to remove the moonshine made from a pressure cooker in a dark and dry place.