Your love for trying out alcohols and spirits in all delicious forms can easily be created right at home and you can now surprise your loved ones with spirits distilled in your own ethanol still. You will need appropriate ethanol distillation equipment that can take care of your current and future needs while providing consistent batches of pure ethanol in a completely safe way.

Ethanol is also known as grain alcohol or drinking alcohol and is the base of most alcoholic beverages as well as used for powering engines of cars, trucks, boats, etc, albeit in the non-drinkable version. Ethanol is created after fermenting the chosen grain, vegetable, or fruit, or even by-products such as molasses along with water and appropriate yeast. The resultant fermented mixture or mash has to be distilled by boiling it so that the trapped alcohol vaporizes to form strong ethanol that can be further fortified by repeating the ethanol distillation process again and again until the desired alcohol strength or proof levels are achieved.

This distillation process is done in an ethanol still that has been traditionally made with copper. Commercial production of ethanol involves huge copper stills with a curved neck or column to direct alcohol vapors that have turned into gas when the temperature inside the still touches 78.5 degrees Celsius. Modern stills are now made completely out of stainless steel although traditional distillers do prefer copper due to the distinct character and taste that it provides to the final alcoholic beverage that is happily consumed by avid drinkers all around the globe.

If you too want to engage in ethanol distillation from the comfort of your own home then you can choose from a wide range of distillation kits that are now available over the internet. These compact kits house an efficient ethanol still that is capable of producing a small batch of ethanol that ranges between 1 to 5 liters after each successful distillation. You can opt for a continuous distillation still only if you plan to produce ethanol for beverages or for vehicles on a commercial basis since these kits are quite costly as compared to batch distillation stills. You should be able to locate a compact ethanol distilling kit made completely out of stainless steel at a very reasonable price at select online stores that have been in this industry for a very long time. Such a kit will be easy to clean and sturdy enough to last a lifetime while also allowing you to distill water as well as essential oils with the same kit.

You should however, take a few precautions while operating your ethanol still at home. You should firstly apply for all required permits before you fire up your still with a gas or electric stove. You should never allow children or pets to wander near the still and should operate it only under expert guidance until you get the hang of safely distilling each batch of your desired alcohol or spirit. Over time you will surely get the hang of operating your still at optimum levels in a completely safe manner.

If your palate demands a new taste at a reasonable cost or if your car requires to run on cheap and environmentally friendly fuel then you can now produce ethanol in your own home. You can certainly surprise your palate or your car or even surprise your loved ones with spirits distilled in your own ethanol still that can be further distilled and flavored to perfection.