Ethyl alcohol is a powerful fuel. Due to its high alcohol content, it is difficult to obtain without special sources. If you make ethyl alcohol yourself, you can produce unlimited amounts of fuel. To make it, you will need to turn household utensils into fermentation and distillation equipment, as was the case in the days of home distillation devices.
Distillation apparatus
1. Wrap copper tubing around a 3.5 liter glass milk bottle in a spiral pattern, leaving plenty of tubing on the sides. Remove the bottle from the coiled tubing when you wrap it 9-10 times.
2. Attach one end of the tube to the top of the pressure cooker with a stopper. It can be purchased at a winery or wherever winemaking tools are sold.
3. Drill a hole in the bottom of the 38 liter plastic bucket.
4. Insert the opposite end of the tube that is attached to the pressure cooker through the hole in the bottom of the bucket and place the spiral into the bucket.
5. Seal the edges of the tubing passed through the bottom of the bucket with a quick dry silicone putty. Let the putty dry well before starting the distillation process.
Fermentation
1. Fill about a third of the large barrel with old fruit.
2. Air and mash the fruit with a pitchfork or spatula. The goal is to knead the fruit into a lumpy puree.
3. Add 1 or 2 packs of ethyl alcohol-compatible yeast to the barrel of mashed fruit. You can buy this yeast from a vineyard or wine shop.
4. Cover the top of the barrel, but not tightly. If closed tightly, it will fill with gases and may explode or leak.
5. Let the fruit with yeast brew and ferment for about a week and a half. During this time, the yeast will completely process the glucose in the fruit.
Distillation
1. Add some of the mashed fruit mixture to the pressure cooker and bring to a boil.
2. Add ice to the bucket to completely cover the copper coiled tubing.
Collect the ethyl alcohol dripping from the end of the copper tube through the bottom of the bucket into a container.
