R.D. Moonshine

Rainier Distillers Copper Stills

Best Moonshine Still -the improvements


My still keeps evolving to get better and better. As you see from my photos, the Alchemist has gone through many changes. From the old 90 angle to 45 now, different limbic comdensers, rubber and now none, and other things.b This time I made my 2 inch just like the 3 and 4 inch, I make it now so it can be separated to function as a pot still and a reflux traditionally. It did ...
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Stripping Run on a Malted corn w/ 4 inch Pot Still- Making WHISKEY

Today I went to Cowlitz River Distillery and did their first run with my 4 inch Pot Still and 450 Gallon Boiler. We got up to around 18 gallons an hour on the stripping run on a malted corn that was 11.9 %. When we tasted it it tasted like candy. Had a lot of sweet notes coming out at 65%. As you can see in the video we had to ...

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Distilling Lemongrass Oil, Cleaning Copper and Turning a beer keg into boiler.

I will be giving a free class on how to make brandy out of a Wine,a 2007 Merlot at Ezra Cox Distillery This May, Keep in touch on facebook, Cheers!

Working on a essential oil still with glass tubes so you may watch your products and the essence turn to oils!! A guy wrote me about his very successful business making hunters camouflage scent with my still. If you have a good product, things change fast, ...
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Making Whiskey and Vodka at Distillery

I posted two videos and a photo slideshow of my weekend " vacation" making whiskey vodka moonshine at a distillery. Ezra Cox Distillery. This was at  https://www.facebook.com/ezracoxdistillery.centraliawa
They make a great legal moonshine and Ezra is a master brewer. He used to work for Dicks beer.
I had a new still I designed, I wanted to test out, its very versatile. It was custom job for 
Rick Stillwagon.

MADE FOR LOW CEILING ITS SIDE BY SIDE COLUMN. ...
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Hash Hemp Cannibis Oil

I want to call it hemp oil, but that is what you buy for your salad dressing at health food store. I am talking about hemp oil with the thc in it. For medicinal uses. For internal or external for massages. They call it hash oil. Me being very green in the industry, I only know how to distill alcohol in micro distilleries and essential oils in my backyard. This is a new thing for me.

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Home Distiller's Workbook by Jeff King- Audiobook Review by Anthony Zaca

Home Distiller Workbook by Jeff King- Book Review by Anthony  Zaca

This is my review of the audio book. Here is the book cover and what it looks like. I love it.



I do notice a few distilling companies ask its customers to  do basic research ...
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Works in Progress, in the studio..a raw look

I haven't written a blog in a while. I have been wanting to do a blog, initially I said every two days. Like a business diary. A place for me to just talk about distilling and stills. To vent and relax. Connect with home distilling lovers. I have just been waiting on professional photos and a video, and well, I have been so busy, too. I might as well write ...
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Alchemist Manual- The Easy Version for Beginners- Copper Reflux Still

Here is the link to print this out and view, click on - LINK


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Distilling Equipment

- Custom Work by us





In the background--This is my boiler with a conical top. 200 gallon pot for stripping and for making Apple Brandy and Rum. I made this for a distillery in Snohomish. I do custom work. Anything you need I can try to build or acquire for you at retail cost. This is with ...
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BEST Heat Controller for Distilling!

I am really excited about our new product.The perfect controller for the perfectionist distiller. For even the novice that knows NOTHING. You just set your temperature or turn the dial to the set temperature and it will run itself. SET AND FORGET. This one will ACTUALLY run the still without you being there. There will be apps attached to this which will send you text to phone or android! No need to label your containers for the alcohol content, they will always be the same thing as using the still troll! This will revolutionize how people will make ... << MORE >>

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