"Alex 25" and "Alex30" FRACTIONAL STILLS – now upgraded. 
				  
				
				
				First of all - why are these 
				distillers called "Alex"? The answer is: the name will help 
				distinguish these kinds of stills from other types. The "Alex" 
				stands for Alcohol extractor, where 25, 30, or 50 is the 
				capacity of the still's boiler. 
				Second - the distiller was equipped with vinyl tubing and a 
				polyethylene ball valve. While these materials are considered 
				entirely safe and widely used for water and food handling, 
				spirit bottle stoppers, and even human artificial joint 
				replacement, we decided to move forward and replace all the 
				plastic parts with stainless steel tubes and ball valves. 
				 
				 
				
				
				All stills of this kind intended for food-grade alcohol 
				production will be equipped with stainless steel parts. The only 
				plastic parts remaining on the still are the ones that are used 
				for the cooling water supply and one tiny tube that is used to 
				show the ethanol level in the dephlegmator. This small tube just 
				gets filled up once during distillation. Technically there is no 
				ethanol flow through this tube, so there is no ethanol quality 
				affection. 
				
			Third, we came up with one extra part that can be fitted to any 
			"Alex 25" or "Alex30" distiller that was ever sold. This part is 
			optional and will be sold separately or with the distiller for some 
			extra cost. The piece is the herbal infusion chamber that makes it 
			possible to make herbal-infused spirits, such as Gin. In controversy 
			to classic Gin production straight out of raw mash while trying to 
			determine the "heads" and "tails" and wasting the precious herbal 
			goodness that escapes with an unusable head fraction - we do it the 
			safest and most economical way. So to achieve the best result, we 
			first use our stripping column and extract the raw spirit from the 
			mash.
			
			 Then 
			we run the fractional distillation with a fractional column, 
			separating all the impurities from the stripped alcohol. Then 
			collect the purified, free-of-impurities ethanol, and here is the 
			trick: the pure alcohol has no impurities, tails, or heads to worry 
			about. Thus the pure alcohol is added to the boiler and mixed with 
			fresh water, and then the infusion chamber is installed and loaded 
			with a botanic mix. The stripping column is mounted on the infusion 
			chamber, and distillation runs straight from the beginning to the 
			end of the infused spirit extraction. And there are no tails or 
			heads to waste the herbals in, plus there is no hangover the 
			following day. Moreover, the results are 100% professional, with no 
			terrible homebrew smell or taste. 
				
			  
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				"Alex 30" fractional still. 
				 
				 
			 
			
				
					
					
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				Just recently, we started the fabrication of 30L fractional 
				distillers. These stills are a bit different from the previous 
				"Alex 25" model; the apparatus has a bigger 30l capacity boiler 
				and a new kind of re-designed fractional and stripping columns. 
				The difference between the new columns and the ones from the old 
				design is that the new distillation columns require less water 
				for better cooling. Thus the new system consumes less water for 
				cooling. Now the fractional column is a bit higher, with the 
				smaller diameter of the dephlegmator - resulting in the better 
				cooling ability of the column. The unit is lighter now and has a 
				better water economy - while production ability remains the same 
				as with an old bulky dephlegmator. 
				The stripping column of the fractional still has a new design as 
				well - the cooler's outer diameter is smaller while cooling the 
				surface area inside the heat exchanger is increasing—as a 
				result, lighter and more efficient stripping columns with 
				reduced water consumption. 
				Another positive aspect: the still is lighter, so the shipping 
				is cheaper.  
				 
				 
			 
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