How to make your own Still for distilling rum.

The Final Still

 Where the pipe comes through the bucket.

It is very important to keep an eye on the temperature.

 The compression coupling joint.

 The still viewed from above.

A bit of legal garbage… Distillation is illegal in some countries and states without a license.  You also need to do research into Methanol and distillation, as Methanol is a not very nice chemical. Nevertheless I've explained what to do in this tutorial:

What you need:

1 Pressure Cooker

1 old bucket

Compression Coupler

2cm of 8mm Piping

3 metres of 10 mm Piping**

1 Bag of ice

A thermometer

A container to Catch your rum.

Directions:

Take your pressure cooker and remove the Whistle, now take your 8mm piping and it should push into where the whistle was. It should be half way on. (1cm in)

Bore a hole in the side of your bucket, it must be large enough for the 10mm pipe to fit through. 

Take one end of the 10mm pipe and fit the 10mm pipe through the whole in the bucket.

 Coil the 10mm pipe from the bottom up to the top of the bucket,  leaving around a metre out the top of the bucket.

Bend the rest of the pipe so it can attach the other end of the pipe to the compression coupler.

Attach the compression coupler to the 8mm pipe.

it is advisable to try it out with water to check for any leaks, and to sterilise the pipes.

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Now you have tested your still, add your fermented mixture to the pressure cooker.

Now you can add the ice to the bucket, keep it in a  bag so it doesn't leak through the whole where the pipe comes out.

Make sure everything is tightly done up, before using the Still.

Turn your hob on, and keep an on the temperature, 

Ethanol boils at 78°C, Where as Methanol boils at 65 °C, so boil at 70-75 °C and throw away the first 100ml or so as this is most likely to contain Methanol. (although the amount is minimal for this recipe.)*

Next raise the temperature to 78-85°C and catch the liquid that comes off in your container.

Always take care when making Rum, and whenever there is Methanol involved. And do research, as this tutorial is in no way perfect, and its always better to be safe than sorry, happy Brewing.

You should get about 500ml from 2 litres of Mix,

*Some people just turn the heat up high initially, and throw away the first amount still before lowering the heat to around 78.

** Read instructions and measure your pressure cooker before buying piping as pressure cookers sizes may vary.

The ideas behind this tutorial from:

http://shonari.net/tutorials/homemade-rum/