Customer Reviews for VEVOR Moonshine Still Water Alcohol Distiller 5Gal w/Thumper Keg & 8W Water Pump

This was purchased as a Christmas gift

I bought this for my son-in-law who recently retired from the Marine Corp.. He was born and raised in Georgia and home brew is something he has memories of growing up. Happy as a flea on a dog with this unit.

I use this product to distiller water . Is very efficient and cost effective I will purchase this product again

Not without flaws, but truly remarkable for the price. I just completed a fast stripping run of a TPW wash and ended up with just over 2L of 50% ABV from the 3/4 full boiler on my first attempt. I got easily 60-80% from spirit runs. I haven't bothered with the thumper at this stage. Attachments have been provided to make the thumper a true thumper but not defined in the manual. Despite what I've read, I've had no issue running the pot on my cheap $50 induction cooktop. See pics. The only mod I have done is put a good quality thermometer in-line with the output pipe. The thermometer in the lid is next to useless, inaccurate and not in a position that is helpful. The condenser pot can be made to work well, but not when connected according to "conventional" wisdom. If you connect the water outlet to the top connection, there is not enough "head" of water above that to get a decent outflow of water. If you go against the grain and reverse the water connections, it works really well. Much more volume of water out the bottom and as much as you like going in. Trust me, it works better this way for stripping runs.

If you want to dabble in the art of spirits but don't want to jump into the huge investment, this is a great option

Funny thing I'm using it now when I'm cooling down to add my last of the mash wash I'm distilling. It's a great product easy to set nearly perfect. My only complaint is and it's really not a complaint more of a suggestion. It's the reason I gave 4 out of 5 stars. I would like a bit longer tubes from the kettles to each other as well as the water intake and return. I made the short tubing's work ok but was a slight difficult. My only add to make it a 5 out of 5 ⭐'s.

The up tube for the thumper is not included.

Very nice

Works great, though whatever capacity, it will be too small once youve caught the spirits distilation bug.Go a little bigger than what you assume to be big enough.I did not, this is my ONLY COMPLAINT regarding this purchase.

Haven't distilled with it yet....have ten gallons of mash mashing right now, though. Week or so and I hope! The pot is a GREAT stock pot, however! Great stock pot! Already made a five gallon beer run that rocked and a three gallon soup for family and friends. All the parts are heavy duty, all seem to be top quality. Stainless and copper etc. No complaints at all.