Does anyone here use the Turbo 500 still?

[Vintage Iron]

Does anyone here use the T500 still or it's water cooled column in your distilling?

https://stillspirits.com/products/turbo-500-still

If so, please respond as I have some questions about how well it works.

 

[doug293cz]

Yes.

Brew on

 

[Bobby_M]

It would be illegal to make drinkable ethanol with this unit but in the spirit of scientific discovery I've seen it making 192 proof with the reflex column.

 

[Shine0n]

Youre better to build a double slant boka. I have a 3" that in one run produced 190p but that also depends on what you're trying to make.

If you want bourbon, rum or brandies just go with a potstill

 

[romsan]

It would be illegal to make drinkable ethanol with this unit but in the spirit of scientific discovery I've seen it making 192 proof with the reflex column.

Why would it be illegal?

 

[RoguePixels]

Why would it be illegal?

Federal law (in the US) states it's legal to own a still but illegal to distill alcohol without having either a distilled spirits permit or a federal fuel alcohol permit. It's been illegal since the prohibition of alcohol in 1920. The prohibition ended in 1933 and in 1978 home brewing was legalized. It just never happened for spirits sadly.

 

[Vintage Iron]

Federal law (in the US) states it's legal to own a still but illegal to distill alcohol without having either a distilled spirits permit or a federal fuel alcohol permit. It's been illegal since the prohibition of alcohol in 1920. The prohibition ended in 1933 and in 1978 home brewing was legalized. It just never happened for spirits sadly.

....yet!