Alambik is a small distillation device for making moonshine, oils, whiskey, cognac, perfumes, chacha, rum and gin at home. The apparatus consists of:

• alembic;
• air reflux condenser;
• refrigerator with two pipes.

Alcitara is a steam distillation unit. This is a type of alambik, which has a vertical design. It includes:

• container for ferrying;
• copper sieve;
• cooler.

As you can see, the details of the devices are almost identical. Alkitara is different only in that the cooler is attached directly to the "cap".

What types are there?

There are several types of alambics:

• Standard... The seams are fastened by high-temperature riveting: this method ensures the tightness of the tank. The refrigerator is equipped with two pipes to drain water.
• Premium... The sealing method is the same as the standard, but the cooler has three tubes.
• Suite... For greater strength, all fasteners are silver soldered, and the condenser is equipped with three fittings.

According to the specifications, the alambics are divided into the following options:

• With rectification column... Thanks to this, the condensate can be divided into three fractions.
• With odor trap... This type does not require additional sealing.
• On a water bath... The design is suitable for the distillation of fruit mash. The jacket around the boiler is filled with water and the heating is more even.
• Charente alambic... Equipped with an additional container. This makes it possible to carry out the process continuously.
• Viskarny. Equipped with a "helmet" that increases the vapor path and the purity of the alcohol.

Which alambik should you choose?

The highest quality alambics are produced in Portugal, they are handmade from copper using traditional technologies. The material of manufacture of this apparatus is important for the quality of the product obtained, since copper is able to evenly distribute the temperature over the distillation cube, and also act as a catalyst, while not disturbing the taste and smell of the raw materials.

Often on the market counterfeit devices come across, which are made of ordinary stainless steel, coated with copper paint. Such devices have a suspiciously low cost and are comparable to home-made moonshine installations.

What volume should you choose?

Sizes should be selected based on the amount of raw materials produced. Below are the most popular liters of alambiks:

• container for 10-15 liters
• container for 20 liters
• container for 30-40 liters
• container for 50-60 liters

Why choose alambik and alcitara

A distinctive feature of this equipment is the ability to create not only more expensive alcoholic beverages, but also obtaining various essential oils. The head part of the device allows retaining many impurities even in the absence of a column.

The build quality of the alambik will ensure its long-term operation - compared to a simple moonshine still, it will last much longer (more than 20 years).

Benefits of buying from Samodelkin

It's simple: we are part of a group of companies Bev-Tech, which supplies equipment to Russia from Italy, Portugal, Germany and Croatia. Thanks to this, deliveries are made in large volumes, and we are able to offer you low prices, saving on taxes, transfers and customs duties.

This allows us to create a flexible system of discounts for our assortment. In the online store "Samodelkin" you can buy alambiks and alkitars with 35% discount.

We work only with trusted transport companies that will deliver our goods to you quickly and intact.

Moonshine still Alambik. Appointment. Specifications.

Alambics are indispensable in the preparation of strong alcoholic beverages. High Quality... Alambik with a column is suitable not only for distilling wine or mash, but also for obtaining essential oils, flavored flower water used in perfumery. Distillers equipped with an element with a funny name "swan neck". They can be improved by making them a rectifier for the production of alcohol with a strength of 90%. Also, on our website, you can buy luxury class alambics, which are distinguished by their reliability. They can produce up to 4 liters / hour.

Design features and benefits.

The main material used in the manufacture is copper and other noble materials.

Copper is a unique material and is ideal for home brewing. Its properties have a beneficial effect on the final product.

• First, copper has a high thermal conductivity. Raw materials placed in distillation cube, warms up quickly and evenly.
• Secondly, this metal is highly absorbent. As a result, the resulting distillate is completely purified from the unpleasant, specific moonshine odor, fusel oils and harmful impurities.
• Thirdly, copper is not susceptible to corrosive effects, therefore, you will use alambic for many years and even be able to inherit it.

These machines are easy to operate. After the distillation process, they are easy to clean and very convenient to store. To distill excellent quality moonshine, you will need a heat source to heat the distillation cube, and it can be a gas or electric stove, or even the flame of a regular fire. Both tap water and water from a nearby reservoir are suitable for cooling the coil.

Portuguese alambics. Technologies and materials.

Alambics from Portugal are made by hand using technologies that have not changed for many decades. The apparatus consists of 99% copper. All connections are made with silver-based solders, with a slight addition of lead - only 0.05%, which is confirmed by certificates.

Portuguese alambics will help you to make cognac, grappa, absinthe, rum and many other noble alcoholic beverages.

A bit of history

Alambics first appeared in Portugal. Made from high quality food grade copper, these moonshine still have existed since the end of the 15th century, and have not changed in their design and principle of operation. Today, these devices are produced by soldering or riveting, reliably sealing all seams and joints. There are many types of distillers, each of them is a professional and high-performance design.

In addition to the convenient functionality, copper alambics are also very beautiful. It's hard to say what resembles outward appearance this device. At the same time, it looks like an old amphora, like the magic lamp of Aladdin from the fairy tale of the same name, or like an alchemist's device.

Making moonshine and alcohol for personal use
absolutely legal!

After the end of the existence of the USSR, the new government stopped the fight against moonshine. Criminal liability and fines were abolished, and an article banning the production of alcohol-containing products at home was removed from the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. To this day, there is not a single law prohibiting us from engaging in our favorite hobby - making alcohol at home. This is evidenced by the Federal Law of July 8, 1999 No. 143-FZ "On the administrative responsibility of legal entities (organizations) and individual entrepreneurs for offenses in the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and alcohol-containing products" (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1999, No. 28 , art. 3476).

Excerpt from the Federal Law of the Russian Federation:

"This Federal Law does not apply to the activities of citizens (individuals) who are not producing products containing ethyl alcohol, not for the purpose of marketing."

Home brewing in other countries:

In Kazakhstan in accordance with the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan On Administrative Offenses of January 30, 2001 N 155, the following liability is provided. So, according to article 335 "Manufacture and sale of home-made alcoholic beverages" illegal manufacture for the sale of moonshine, chacha, mulberry vodka, home brew and other alcoholic beverages, as well as the sale of these alcoholic beverages entails a fine in the amount of thirty monthly calculation indices with confiscation of alcoholic beverages , devices, raw materials and equipment for their manufacture, as well as money and other valuables received from their sale. However, the law does not prohibit the preparation of alcohol for personal use.

In Ukraine and Belarus things are different. Articles No. 176 and No. 177 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Ukraine provide for the imposition of fines in the amount of three to ten tax-free minimum wages for the manufacture and storage of moonshine without the purpose of sale, for storage without the purpose of selling devices * for its production.

Article 12.43 repeats this information practically word for word. "Making or purchasing strong alcoholic beverages (moonshine), semi-finished products for their production (mash), storage of devices for their manufacture" in the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Administrative Offenses. Clause No. 1 informs: "The production of strong alcoholic beverages (moonshine) by individuals, semi-finished products for their production (mash), as well as the storage of devices * used for their manufacture, - entail a warning or a fine of up to five basic units with the confiscation of the specified drinks, semi-finished products and apparatus ".

* It is still possible to purchase moonshine stills for home use, since their second purpose is to distill water and obtain components for natural cosmetics and perfumery.

DES units comply with EU regulation 1935/2004 (safety of materials and products in contact with food). For their manufacture, 99.9% oxide-free electrolyte copper is used. This allows you to get the most refined product and preserve the authenticity of taste.

Depending on the model, gas, solid fuel or heating elements are used for heating.

Distillers are designed for use in open and closed spaces. In models with a firebox, a chimney is provided.

The main advantages of DES distillers:

• simplicity of design - the installation can be assembled without the involvement of a specialist;
• ease of use - the equipment is small in size and weight;
• maximum purification level - no harmful impurities get into alcohol;
• ease of use - you can get quality drinks at home.

To buy an original moonshine still in Moscow, place an order in our online store. Pickup from the warehouse, delivery within Moscow and the region is free of charge. In Russia and the CIS, the order is delivered by transport companies. Payment - by credit card or by bank transfer. We work with individuals and legal entities, wholesale and retail. All products are certified. Order your DES copper distiller from DESSTILL and get a 2 year manufacturer's warranty.

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Portuguese alambic is one of the most ancient inventions of mankind for the distillation of liquids. As a rule, it is made from copper by hand using the forging method. Each Portuguese master tries to make his work exclusive, applying his own ornaments, oriental patterns to the walls of the cube, by which the creator of the masterpiece is easily identified. By and large, the Portuguese alambic is so called because it is made in Portugal. Moreover, it can be of different types and different design features.

Portuguese alambic

Charente alambic is a moonshine from France, Charente province. With its help, they make the primary distillation of wine into a product with a strength of 30 °, and then a secondary distillation into raw cognac alcohol of 70 ° strength. It is corked in oak barrels for a period from 3 to 200 years to get the wonderful Hennessy cognac, known all over the world. Design features that distinguish the device.

1. Economizer. It consists of a container of wine through which a coil passes. A pipe for supplying heated wine to the distillation cube leaves its lower part.
2. Furnace furnace. Initially, it was heated with wood, now gas is used.
3. Cap and "swan neck". In essence and principle of operation, they are an air reflux condenser that extinguishes foam and increases the concentration of steam.

It is interesting that in Russia in the 17th century such a moonshine still was made, which, like two drops of water, looks like a Sharente alabamik, only the curved tube "swan neck" was called a "goose" in it.

Charente alambic

Whiskey alambik is a high-class professional apparatus for distillation and production of whiskey, as well as other high-grade noble drinks with a strength of up to 70 °. Like all previously described alambiks, the whiskey is made of forged copper, which absorbs harmful substances and has a high thermal conductivity, is equipped with a thermometer and a safety valve. Another difference from other models is the shape of the cap (helmet) in the form of a bulb that rises high vertically.

Whiskey alambik

Alambik with a column is intended for the distillation of aromatic alcohol. Various organic substances are loaded into the column, which give their ethers to the distilled product. In addition, the same device can be used to obtain cosmetic hydrolates or essential oils.

Alkitara is a distillation apparatus, a type of alambic, designed for distilling noble alcohol, flavored and improved, as well as aromatic components of various cosmetics. It would seem that everything is the same, but there is a significant difference - alcitara has a vertical arrangement of nodes, which, in turn, are connected using silver-based solders with a small (0.05%) lead content. With the help of the alcitar apparatus, one can obtain a product much stronger (up to 60 °) from one distillation than with ordinary alambic. Alcitara works with a capacity of approximately 3 liters per hour

From antiquity to the present day

The first known copper moonshine still was called alambik. It was used as a distiller and received not only spirits, but also aromatic oils. Do not think that this device is now forgotten.

Improved alambrikas are made and sold online for homemade alcohol, and are also used for industrial production... Everyone knows, at least by hearsay, Hennessy, they get it on the alambik. Many national moonshines, including whiskey and grappa, are driven on copper machines.

A real alambric is expensive, but there are other types of devices where this metal is partially used in various variations. For example, one of the most common options for moonshiners is a copper pipe. It is quite often used with the apparatus. But it can also be a bell, an evaporator or a cube.

Alambik and its purpose

Alambik has a peculiar design, looking at which one gets the feeling that the device is not intended for the production of alcohol, but for summoning gin. Indeed, the alambik outwardly resembles the very magic lamp of Aladdin, which is written about in fairy tales. But, in spite of such a strange appearance, the apparatus can well be used for the pasture of noble drinks.

Portuguese alambic

Alambik is not entirely suitable for the production of moonshine in the direct sense of the word. Features of its design allow you to make whiskey, cognac or wine from the mash at home.

Alambik drawings have been known to mankind since the time of Ancient Egypt. But in those days people did not feel a special love for strong drinks, but preferred to absorb wine in liters. Initially, the device was used to obtain ethers. Alambik was in demand among perfumers, they used it for the production of perfumery products, squeezed essential oils from rose petals and other flowers.

However, the Europeans quickly realized that the alambic's abilities were not limited to this, they began to use it as a device that would help create high quality alcohol.

If we talk about the abilities of the alambic, then they are impressive. The device helps, due to the unique structure and material from which it is made, to rid the drink of a large number harmful impurities. Most often, alambik is made of copper; silver is used as a solder. The device has an interesting structure, including:

1. Like any moonshine still, it has a distillation cube.
2. Coil in the refrigerator.
3. A tube that removes steam.
4. A helmet that looks like an onion.

The design of the apparatus is simple and has minor differences from the classic device that is used for moonshine pasture. But it is these subtle differences that make the alambic unique.

However, there are all kinds of apparatus, they are divided into:

• Apparatus used to make whiskey. They must have a helmet in the form of an onion. Such devices are used to obtain alcohol with a strength not higher than 70 degrees.
• And also on those structures, in the devices of which there is a special container. They must be used for pasture of cognac. This structure helps to organize non-stop production.