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Distillation apparatus for the production of essential oils, as well as spirits from hydrolates of steam distillation
The devices offered here may also be legally acquired in Germany by private individuals, without the permission of customs, if they are not used for the production or purification of alcohol. Up to 2 liters of socket size, these are then also registration-free. For larger boilers, you must register them with your main customs office within 3 working days and affirm on your affidavit that you are not using them to make or purify your alcohol.
Regardless of size, never use the equipment with alcohol, even with taxed alcohol.
If you still want to legally produce a fruit or herbal spirit, use your distillate for the steam distillation for the flavoring of alcohol. You are perfectly allowed to distil hydrolates and essential oils. Then mix the hydrolate with clear alcohol, which is as tasteless as possible (vodka, PrimaSprit). Since most of the essential oils are alcohol-soluble, you can use them, but only drop by drop. In general, you already have a highly aromatic distillate, so you best peel off the oil, and use only the hydrolate. Touch the mixing ratio to your taste. An excessive amount of hydrolates can also spoil the taste. We have e.g. created a very good spirit from the hydrolate of a steam distillation of the first 15 minutes from sage leaves. For our taste, a volume ratio of 2 parts of hydrosol, 3 parts of 96 vol .-% alcohol and 4 parts of distilled water was optimal. If you like it 40 vol .-% strength, mix 1 part of hydrolate with 2 parts of 96 vol .-% and 2 parts of distilled water. Also that was still very delicious, if we personally also the first mixture even better. By the way, you can also obtain 96% Primasprit, taxed. With a steam distillery and primasprit you can legally produce your favorite spirit. By the way, you discover - if not already done - your love for the scents of the essential oils.
In all other countries you have to take into account the laws of your own country. Inform yourself about what is permitted or not.

Measuring flask, 1000 ml, made of laboratory glass, with plastic stopper

This unused piston is made of heat-resistant laboratory glass and comes from stocks of the former GDR. It is particularly suitable for the collection of hydrolates in the distillation. It has exactly the size of the maximum removal quantity of the message-free 2-liter stills.

EUR 25,00

incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs

Solid still for essential oils

For steam distillation to obtain essential oil

Water / steam boiler and plant room: 10.5 liters,
of which plant area: up to 6 liters,
Counterflow power cooler,
Lockable with tension locks,
Hygiene through high-quality 18/10 stainless steel - no risk of verdigris, no risk of rust.

With the DESTILLIERMEISTER ECO-E10506 you get a great introductory offer bargain with a heavy, thick-walled 18/10 stainless steel kettle in gastro quality and a curved countercurrent high-performance cooler that is only available from us. Thanks to a special bending technique, we can manufacture curved counterflow coolers up to 6 m in length using the double-pipe process, as found in a straight Liebig cooler. Our counterflow cooler can be seen as a further development of the Liebig cooler. The cooler of the DESTILLIERMEISTER ECO-E10506 has a full 80 cm cooling length. Distillation bridges with Liebig coolers of this length would be difficult to handle with a total length of 140 cm and are therefore no longer offered. However, a longer cooling length means significantly less cooling water consumption, because the heat can be released into the cooling water at lower flow rates. A good cooler with an optimally set flow rate can be recognized by the fact that the waste water comes out hot at the outlet and the distillate is still well cooled.

EUR 349,00

incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs

Accessory set with pump for miniature copper stills up to 3 literes

Accessory set with pump for miniature copper stills up to 3 litres
This set includes everything you need to be able to distil immediately and seriously with our stills up to about 3 litres. The pump is powerful enough to safely supply even all mini nestling in the range 0,5 to 3 litres size (as they may be used legally in Austria and from 2018 Germany or Switzerland) with cooling water. First and foremost, the set contains a functionally-sized cooling system for the still, but there are also other accessories for cleaning and sealing. In addition, when purchasing a stainless steel still together with the accessory set the right hose fittings for our coolers are there.
The set includes a 10-liter plastic tub as a cooling water depot (the water must be replaced several times in larger distilleries), plus a 230-volt cooling water pump, plus several meters of food-grade tubing in four different sizes so you can safely connect any distillery. The hoses can be partially inserted into each other and can thus also bridge different connections and adapters. In addition, a cleaning brush, a swim thermometer, a roll of Teflon tape for sealing the still and a 100 ml graduated cylinder to the distillate safely collecting and measuring.

EUR 47,00

incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs

Accessory set with pump for stailess-steel stills up to 10 litres

Accessory set with pump for stailess-steel stills up to 10 literes

This set includes everything you need to be able to distil immediately and seriously with our stainless stills up to about 10 liters. The pump is powerful enough to safely supply even all mini nestling in the 3 to 10 liter size with cooling water. First and foremost, the set contains a functionally-sized cooling system for the still, but there are also other accessories for cleaning and sealing. In addition, when purchasing a stainless steel still together with the accessory set the right hose fittings for our coolers are there.
The set includes a 10-liter plastic tub as a cooling water depot (the water must be replaced several times in larger distilleries), plus a 230-volt cooling water pump, plus several meters of food-grade tubing in four different sizes so you can safely connect any distillery. The hoses can be partially inserted into each other and can thus also bridge different connections and adapters. In addition, a cleaning brush, a swim thermometer, a roll of Teflon tape for sealing the still and a 100 ml graduated cylinder to the distillate safely collecting and measuring.

EUR 54,00

incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs

Burning protection and aroma

Stainless steel burning protection
The safest protection against burning of mash, when distilling, is a water bath still. But with directly heated boilers you must have devices that prevent burning with high security. The first step is to keep the thick components of a mash away from the heated bottom. This is achieved primarily by a mash strainer. But a mash strainer alone is not a 100% burning protection. If the liquid component of a mash still contains starch, the liquid can also burn. To find that out, you should either do an iodine starch test, or cheaper, put a small amount of the liquid mash in a small pot and do a burning test on the stove. If the small amount burns, precautions must be taken.
If you know that you do not use 100% ripe fruit, burn is likely. In this case, it is advisable to use an amylase, which converts residual starch into sugar. This not only reduces the danger of burning, but also increases the yield.
Nevertheless, you should perform the above-mentioned burning test after fermentation. If the sample still tended to burn despite using an amylase, in addition to the mash sieve for instance a mash bag, as we offer it here in different sizes. This can not only keep solid components off the ground, but also filter out residual yeast. The combination of amylase, mash screen and filter bag or filter cloth should prevent burning.

Aroma basket
Is not it just protection against burning, but that either, in Germany only for commercial applications, alcohol vapor flows through fruits or herbs to obtain an aromatized distillate, or steam distillations to produce hydrosol and essential oils to be carried out, which is also in Germany is allowed, one uses a height-adjustable aroma sieve. This is placed in a still above the neutral alcohol or water and filled with fruits, flowers or herbs and will be distilled.

from EUR 21,00

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Blue lavender blossoms for steam distillation - 500 g

Blue lavender blossoms for steam distillation

Lavender is a member of the mint family and is often used for perfume extraction.
You are purchasing a product that is ideally suited for the extraction of essential oils and fragrant hydrolates. The aroma-protected and light-protected packaging ensures a consistently excellent quality for a long time.

Simply fill the flowers in the plant / drug room. The flowers must not be pressed. Close your system and distil at medium to high heat setting. For drug containers height> diameter, you can set the heating level higher. Find out the ideal distillation speed for your system yourself. The lavender flowers offered here have a high oil yield.

EUR 14,50

incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs

2 Liter Hobby Distillery with stainless steel helmet for Essential Oil - registration free

DESTILLIERMEISTER Hobby-EH2

Legal 2 liter Hobby still made of stainless steel with distilling helmet for essential oils - registration free

Construction of optimized distilleries for over 10 years
A registration-free hobby still made of stainless steel. With this beautiful distillery you can produce hydrolates, essential oils and distilled water.
In Austria or Switzerland, you can also use this still legally as a classic potstill with helmet for making a brandy. Or you can fill the helmet's aroma basket with fruits or herbs to create a delicious spirit.
Easy to use:

Fill approx. 1.5 liters of distilled water into the boiler,
fill the half-closed and raised aroma basket with fresh herbs or flowers, or with drugs and place in the cauldron,
Seal as described below,
Put on helmet 2. with distillation module 3. and tighten tension locks 1.1,
Screw the water hoses to the radiator, connect one end (3.4) to a submersible pump (eg aquarium pump), and the other end (3.5) into a cooling water reservoir.
Switch on the heat source and collect the hydrolate and oil at 3.7,

Distil for a maximum of 30 minutes over medium heat. After 15 minutes, the original should be changed for the first time, the amount of oil assessed and the ph value determined.
The distilling pot and all distillate pipes are made of stainless steel.

EUR 279,00

incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs

2 litres hobby-distillery made from stainless steel for production of essential oils - registration free

DESTILLIERMEISTER Hobby-E2
Construction of optimized distilleries for over 10 years A registration-free hobby still made of stainless steel. With this beautiful distillery you can make hydrolates, essential oils and distilled water. Easy to use: • approx. Pour 1.7 liters of distilled water into the kettle, • put on the drug basket • fill with herbs or drugs, do not compress, • insert gasket as described below, • put on cover 3. and tighten tension locks 1.1, • insert the distillation bridge 4 into the socket 3.1, • Screw the water hoses to the radiator, connect one end (4.4) to a submersible pump (eg aquarium pump), and the other end (4.5) into the cooling water reservoir. • switch on the heat source and collect at 4.6 hydrolate and oil, • Distill for a maximum of 30 minutes at medium to high heat. The distilling pot and all distillate pipelines are made of stainless steel. The socket for the distillation bridge is made of gunmetal.
The DILLILLIERMEISTER Hobby-E2 is easy to handle. It is ready to use in a few simple steps. For heating, place the distillery on an induction plate. For cooling you need a pot, bucket or bowl of cold water - 10 liters should be enough. With a simple, low-power pump (such as aquarium pump), you can direct water from the reservoir to port 4.4. The hot water leaves the cooling above 4.5. They redirect it back to their water container. Since the cooler is amply sized for its task, a small water flow is sufficient for the cooling.

EUR 299,00

incl. 19% tax excl. Shipping costs

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