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9/10 Acorns
Given how long this book has been around and how hard it is to find online, maybe I am missing something that would lower my rating.
But, holy cow! This gives you a kick in the butt to start refining your own alcohol fuel! The book is center around what is essentially a mini green house that evaporates alcohol from your ferment while letting most of the water pass through. Imagine a shallow box tilted at an angle towards the sun lined with black clothe: your brew is trickled in the top at a rate that allows only the alcohol to evaporate. The alcohol then condenses on the glass panel and runs into a separate catch that empties your much higher proof liquid into a jar.
The book goes into other considerations regarding how to ramp up efficiency, how to work when the sun's not out, and how to scale up your refinery.
I haven't tried it though, but I want to. If nothing else, you could use the same setup to purify your own water.
Given how long this book has been around and how hard it is to find online, maybe I am missing something that would lower my rating.
But, holy cow! This gives you a kick in the butt to start refining your own alcohol fuel! The book is center around what is essentially a mini green house that evaporates alcohol from your ferment while letting most of the water pass through. Imagine a shallow box tilted at an angle towards the sun lined with black clothe: your brew is trickled in the top at a rate that allows only the alcohol to evaporate. The alcohol then condenses on the glass panel and runs into a separate catch that empties your much higher proof liquid into a jar.
The book goes into other considerations regarding how to ramp up efficiency, how to work when the sun's not out, and how to scale up your refinery.
I haven't tried it though, but I want to. If nothing else, you could use the same setup to purify your own water.
