"Alex 25" and "Alex30" FRACTIONAL STILLS – now upgraded.
First of all - why these
distillers are called "Alex"? The answer is: we decided that the
name will help to distinguish these kinds of stills from other
kinds of stills, the "Alex" stands for Alcohol extractor where
25, 30, or 50 is the capacity of the still's boiler.
Second - the still is used to be equipped with a vinyl tubing
and polyethylene ball valve. Though these particular materials
are considered to be entirely safe and widely used for water and
food handling, spirit bottles stoppers and even human artificial
joints replacement, but we decided to move forward and replace
all the plastic parts with stainless steel tubes and ball valve.
From now on all stills of this kind that are intended for food
grade ethanol production will be equipped with stainless steel
parts. The only plastic parts remaining on the still are the
ones that used for 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, and
technically there is no ethanol flow through this tube so no
ethanol quality affection.
Third, we came up with one extra part that can be fitted to any
"Alex 25" or "Alex30" still that was ever sold, this part is an
optional and will be sold separately or together with distiller for
some extra cost. The piece is the herbals infusion chamber that
makes it possible to make any kinds of herbal infused spirits such
us 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 together with an unusable
head fraction - we do it the safest and economical way. So to
achieve the best result, we use our stripping column first and
extracting the raw spirit out of the mash. Then we are running the
fractional distillation with a fractional column
and separating all the impurities from the stripped alcohol. Then
collecting the purified, free of impurities ethanol, and here is the
trick: the purified ethanol has no impurities, no tails or heads to
worry about. Thus the purified ethanol 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
top of the infusion chamber and distillation runs straight from
beginning to the end of the infused spirit extraction. And there is
no tails or heads to waste the herbals in, plus there is no hangover
next morning. Moreover, the results are 100% professional, no
terrible homebrew smell or taste.
"Alex 30" fractional still.
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Just recently we started production of 30L fractional
distillers, and these still are a bit different from the
previous model of "Alex 25" 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 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 column with reduced
water consumption.
Another positive aspect: the lighter the still, the cheaper the
shipping.
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