Customer Reviews for VEVOR Moonshine Still 5 Gal 21L Stainless Steel Water Alcohol Distiller Copper Tube Home Brewing Kit Build-in Thermometer for DIY Whisky Wine Brandy, 5Gal, Silver

This is the best constructed product I've bought. It's got a heavier, though it should be more, base for heat retention and fantastic added features incuding: include condenser circulation pump, quality brass fittings everywhere and stellar stainless dogs and handles. My impressions after running a vinegar distill to clean everything out is as follows:#1 there is absolutely no need for handles anywhere. Remove still pot handles and still lid handle. Anyone can use the lid dogs as anchor points if the still pot is rocking an rollin.#2 Lid Geometry.Lid dogs should be at 45, 135, 225, and 315 degreesLid temp gauge should be ~2/3*lid_diameter @ 270 degreesCondenser out should be ~2/3*lid_diameter @ 0 degrees#Condenser PotCentered at lid:-----Left-handed cooling:----------Valved input and output should be ~ 160 degrees----------Condenser Product Output spigot should be ~ 200 degrees-----Right-handed cooling---------Valved input and output should be ~ 30 degrees----------Condenser Product Output spigot should be ~ 200 degreesPipe observations:*Still lid output pipe should fit condenser input or gin basket input** This means that gin basket output pipe must fit condenser input** There is no need for the 90 degree copper bend pipe that is supposed to go from still_lid_out to gin basket in. Just include two pipes that will fit still-to-condenser and still-ginBasket-condenser.*Get rid of the short copper pipe and tube from the condenser out. Put it a 12-18 inch surgical tube like the tubes for the circulation pump but that fit the condenser output. It's much more convenient.Finally, no one needs the fermentation valve if they're buying this product. Save yourselves some money. And if you're going to make it a kit, meaning I had to assemble mine, make sure there are gaskets for above and below connections as well as a roll of teflon tape. That'll be much more useful that the extraneous copper pipes and fermentation valve.

I bought the product for a rather peculiar reason. As soon as the Covid-19 pandemic started I couldn_ find any pure alcohol for disinfection for my medical business. So I decided to distill ethanol from cheap vodka. And sure enough it worked. I was able to distill 85% ethanol which is good enough for disinfection.

Seems to be very well-designed and made. Fittings go together well. The manual seems to be excellent with a lot of great ideas for recipes of a large variety of different fermentations and distillations.The only criticisms I have:Some of the the pictures in the manual are printed a little too dark, and so are not easy to see.I have not used it yet--it would be nice if they suggested a pump for the cooling water to go with it.--MK

Arrived on time

Straightforward assembly no real leaks that were not easily fixable seems to have included what was promisedHave only performed a vinegar / water cleansing run at this pointNeed to be careful how to balance the water flow through the coil pot to keep the levels correct but not a difficult problem to fix however you have to be careful to keep the input and output valves opened at the correct levels to keep the water levels consistent or you'll get overflows

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Worked well. There was a few spots of grease left on the parts, but it was easily cleaned with soap and a sponge. I didn't notice any scent during the 3 cleaning runs that I ran. Easy to clean and decent quality for all of the parts

This is a pretty nice setup. It was easy to use and worked well. I would distill water first to get an idea of temp readings to output volume.

What I was expecting! It works great!

Great for beginner's. If you want to start distilling as a hobbie I'd start here. This pot is easy to clean as easy to pack. I love it great product and would recommend it to anyone who is just starting in the distilling. KJB