Vendors of Equipment and Supplies to Produce and Use Ethanol
Categories:
Stills
Stove top
Home fuel
Farm / Community
Specialty
Biologicals - yeast & enzymes
Other distilling supplies
Alcohol fuel drying
Packing
Instruments
Hardware, Parts & Supplies
Juices & Presses
Second-hand equipment
Home brew
Lab ware
Testing Agricultural
Fuel
Stills -- plans and/or units
Stove top
Amphora Society – Excellent information; two still models
American Still Company (copper)
***Home Distillation of Alcohol ("HomeDistiller.org") – Plans and information
Brew Haus – Information, parts, instruments, biologicals, packing, several still models
"The largest and most experienced manufacturer of moonshine stills and home distilling equipment and supplies in North America."
Doubloon Bay – Stills & plans - NZ
Ferromit – Stills & plans - NZ
FuelDistillation.Com – Plans and stills
Mile Hi Distilling – Stills, biologicals, parts, packing, biologicals, instruments
Moonshine Still USA –Stills, biologicals, widest assortment of parts, packing, biologicals, instruments, automatic valves
Rainier Distillers – Stills & kits (2" - 4"), parts, packing
Smiley's Home Distilling – Parts, packing, stills
"We have spent many years adapting commercial and laboratory distillation processes to small-scale inexpensive home operations."
Amazing Still – Low-grade alcohol from inexpensive, plastic still; can be used to pre-distill for table-top still
Home fuel size
FuelDistillation.Com – Plans and stills
Mile Hi Distilling – Stills, biologicals, parts, packing, biologicals, instruments
From MileHi Distilling: [Editor's note: This is likely the most widely used "home fuel size" still in the world]
Charles 803 Blueprint photo
Fore more information on Robert Warren's still, please visit this site. (When prompted for user name and password, please select 'cancel'. It'll still take you to that page.)
Building and Ethanol Still & Making Your Own Fuel by Robert Warren
Rainier Distillers – Stills & kits (2" - 4"), parts, packing
Revenoor – Column-on-boiler stills, systems, coils; includes large systems. Simple Sour Mash to Simple Alcohol Fuel
Smiley's Home Distilling – 3" Essential Extractor PSII High Capacity
Farm / community size
Allard Research
"The Allard distributed fuel production model overcomes all of the issues facing large-scale refineries by creating numerous smaller-scale plants that are not dependent on significant infrastructure, nor are their locations relegated to geographic locations confined to corn or even cropland proximity." Fully automated.
Blume Distillation
"Provides turnkey, appropriate-scale alcohol-fuel production systems for commercial applications in dynamic new markets."
Vendome Copper & Brass Works
"A major supplier of equipment used in the distillation of industrial and power alcohol. Our complete line of equipment ranges from cookers to stills to large field fabricated storage tanks.
Offers a single source for the design, fabrication and installation of distillation systems."
Biologicals – yeast and enzymes
(See also under Stills)
Distillery Yeast – Turbo yeasts by Gert Strand, the original
Eagle Yeast – American-grown ethanol yeasts
Sustainable Technology Systems
"Offering a safety net to small and midsized bioenergy producers. The target audience starts with communities and farms and then offers individual producers an open door to economical fuel production products."
Turbo Yeast – "Everything You'll ever need to know about TURBOYEAST."
Instruments
ElectrodesDirect.com – Meters & monitors
Hanna Instruments – Ph meters, thermometers etc
Omega – Controllers and sensors
Alcohol fuel drying
Packing (See also under "Stills")
Rashig rings
"Where you find information about Rashig rings and other column fillings for home distillation. The danger of using scrub pads in the column - nobody else tells it."
Other Hardware, Parts & Materials
* Brewers Hardware – Offers a variety unique and hard to find items to the home and craft brewing markets.
Corner Hardware – Misc. + stainless steel
Eagle Stainless Containers – S.S. boilers etc, "expensive but good quality"
FarmTek – Tanks, pumps, etc etc
Graingers – Tanks, pumps, motors, controls, electrical, etc.
Growers Supply – (div FarmTek)
Harbor Freight – tools
J.C. Whitney Automotive Supply – tools
McMaster-Carr – All sorts of small and large parts, equipment and materials, available in small-to-large quantities. Fairly expensive but fair – IMHO. I've dealt with them a lot. Superb service.
"Supplier to industrial and commercial facilities worldwide, specializing in next day delivery of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) materials and supplies."
Northern Brewer – Weldless valve kits & much more
Northern Tool & Equipment – Pumps, tools, material handling, supplies
Rainier Distillers – Stills & kits (2" - 4"), parts
Rashig rings
Information about Rashig rings and other column fillings for home distillation. The danger of using scrub pads in the column - nobody else tells it.
Revenoor – Accessory parts for larger systems
Rio Grande – Silver solder & flux
ThomasNet – Industrial directory; adsorbents, tanks, etc.
Yankee Containers – Drums, buckets, barrels & bottles; $100 min.
Juicers & presses
SugarCane Machine – Manual & powered sugar cane juicers
TäbyPressen – Oil presses [dist. NYC– rentals?]
Vencedora Maqtron – Presses
Vincent Corporation – Dewatering, screw presses [rentals also – FL]
Kegs
Sabco – see Kegs.com & Brew-Magic
Skolnik – Drums and barrels, including salvage
Second-hand equipment
Beverage and Brewing Consulting
Maas Companies (industrial)
Stainless Process Equipment – Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (near Buffalo)
Ullmers Dairy Equipment – Used dairy equip
Fittings (as available)
Universal Industrial Assets - Louisiana
Universal Process Equipment – NJ
"Evaporators, milling, mixers, fermenters, filtration, heat exchangers, tanks, generators, centrifuges, chillers, compressors, dryers, boilers, pulverizers."
Homebrew
"It all begins with producing beer or wine – technical terms for the products of fermenting grains or fruits.
Start with your local Yellow Pages."
*Brew Haus – Moonshine Still, Turbo Yeast, Distillers Yeast & Home Distilling Supplies
Northern Brewer – "The Original Homebrew Outlet" "Highly regarded" for knowledge & customer service
*Smiley's Home Distilling
"Specializes in home-distilling books, equipment, supplies and expertise. We have extensive experience in all-grain brewing and home winemaking, which has led to our research in home-distilling.
"We have spent many years adapting commercial and laboratory distillation processes to small-scale inexpensive home operations. Each book and each apparatus featured on Smiley's Home Distilling is architected around advanced scientific principles."
Labware
American Science and Surplus – All kinds of inexpensive lab ware, pumps, parts, materials, etc.
Brooklyn Thermometer – Digital & glass thermometers
Indigo Instruments – Lab glassware
Testing
Fuel
Intertek ASTM Ethanol Fuel Testing – ASTM ethanol fuel and E85 laboratory testing services.
Midwest Laboratories – Testing services for ethanol fuel, E85 and CARB requirements.
Automotive conversions
Jonny Energy – E85 Flex Fuel upgrades; EPA approved; $1,300 - limited vehicles
DIYEFI.org – DIYEFI.org is here to allow YOU to build your own system from scratch with NO restrictions. It's here to facilitate a healthy, open, honest community where everyone benefits equally.
Jonny Energy – E85 Flex Fuel Upgrades; EPA approved; $1,300 - limited vehicles
Moates.net – Tuning solutions for the modern gearhead