8 litre copper Distillation Boiler US$99 AUS$135 delivered @Banggood - save US$30/AU$45.
Stainless Still boil with thermometer
copper cooler with stainless steel cup and copper pipe
water hose for inlet
air vent
instruction booklet
useful for distilling essential oils or distilled water.
I can't think of any other uses.
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I thought that you can only legally own a still if it's equal to or less than 5 litres in capacity.
Apparently you are right
https://nationalhomebrew.com.au/spirits-topics/legal
These laws sound archaic
no one is only making essential oils so if you're breaking one law why not break them all
This is one of thise ones that has a good chance of being pulled up by customs - large, heavy and if xrayed looks like portable drug lab
In Australia, it is legal to own a still of up to 5 L capacity for the sole purpose of manufacturing essential oils and for distilling water. Any still of over 5 L capacity is required to be registered with the ATO, even if it is to be used for the sole purpose of distilling water or essential oils.
Bloody corporate scum and government taxes. So what's the limit on Beer Brewing?
you can brew as much as you like, upto 5000 litres a year I believe
you cant sell it of course
Home brewing was legalised in Australia under Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor government in 1973 – in fact, the home-brew law was one of the very first among a raft of new legislation introduced by the highly reformist regime. Before that, it had been legal to make beer at home but only if it was around 1 per cent alcohol (in other words, gnat's bladder weak). The exact wording of the new law introduced under Whitlam allows home brewers to make 22 litres of beer per week. Of course, that's more than enough for any individual to consume but, really, this is only a guideline and I don't know of anyone who has ever been prosecuted for making more than the allowable volume.
22 litres of beer per week. Of course, that's more than enough for any individual to consume
Ill take that challenge
@pointless comment: that law was passed in 1973, i'm pretty sure it's been replaced and updated since then but cbf searching for it…
its a few thousand litres a year anyway before its classed as "not for personal consumption" but whos going to know how much you make anyway?
I got a 6 keg kegerator here (each keg is 19L) and mostly always full being emptied and refilled every week or so….
just pick up a cheap chest freezer and make a wooden collar for it then screw taps in it and you're good to go basically
not mine but very similar : http://s1094.photobucket.com/user/hoyt1/media/IMG_0109.jpg.h…
freezer goes under the bench
@Makoto: nice one …all. I got is a bar fridge which holds one corny with a picnic tap and the gas bottle.
You win :)
@pointless comment: buy a new series 4 model 3-tap from keg king, only 650 bucks… holds 3 cornies and small gas bottle in the fridge or large gas bottle out of the fridge
very cool little things
5000 litres a year - Hmmm I'd better shut down for a bit.
What if I call it semi-distilled barley water
@Makoto: yeh i seen thise…im just a poor student i.got my fridge for $50 off gumtree and built some custom mdf shelves aroundthe kegs ans gas so it hold about 30 beers too
@pointless comment: first post on my account :) 22L not nearly more then enough for someone to consume in a week :) thats not a challenge typical Aussie Pisshead reporting in for duty.
One for Choice Cheapies maybe? They have much better laws about this sort of thing over the ditch. I miss my 60 litre reflux still.:-(
Will it produce ethanol or do you need a reflux still for that?
Looks like it will heat and condense any liquid you put in it.
Way better than the old boilers im used too.
Cool I'm gonna play Walter White
you're better off with a Grainfather (for brewing beer , all grain stuff) and it has a copper pot lid that clips on turning it into a full proper still
yes its more money, buts its damn near perfect
Save everyone from looking the Grainfather is $1,150.
This one has a pic of a guy drinking beer, just scroll down in the link…
you can use these to make beer. its a boiler. you boil ingredients in it.
What it boils down to is that this is still a good deal
the price is good. the reasons its not a good product are:
the steel is thin and poorly constructed, the fittings are very poor and often break and will rust.
you might be lucky and the solder and joints in the tubing MAY NOT be lead, but with the chinese who knows. You're drinking this stuff, these are the same people that put lead in to babies formula and milk to increase their profits.
look at any product the same (stainless steel fermenters, boilers, any beer brewing gear sold on there and you'll see the same things repeated by people who bought the products)
at the end of the day it's better to spend more money and buy the right thing the first time than have to deal with all the headaches involved in this garbage.
Random post…nice find