COPPER MOONSHINE STILLS

Copper alembic (copper moonshine still) - is the ancient apparatus, which was used by alchemists, pharmacists and perfumers for distillation of alcohol, essential oils and hydrolats. Nowadays copper alembics are used to produce different alcohol drinks, such as whiskey, grappa, cognac, calvados and etc. and essential oils and hydrolats at home. 

LaRamera company offers to its Customers copper alembics from 1 to 100 litters of three different models:

• Serpentina model - the classic form of alembic;
• Fungo model - is more modern form of alembic;
• Bagno Maria model - is an alembic at water bath.

The model choice depends on the type of distillation process and on the type of raw materials. All three models have its specific features, but all models have three common components: the boiler, the cooling container and  pipes inlet / outlet for water and distillate. All alembics of LaRamera are made by hand from copper material: this material has lot of advantages, for example copper material absorbs all contaminants and as the result - the distillate has a mild taste.