I've been wanting to try freeze distillation forever, but the concentrated methanol and fusel alcohols always kind of scared me away. Does anyone have any tips for removing these from the finished product? I was gonna warm the liquor on the stove to evaporate off the methanol but I'm wondering how one would get rid of the heavier alcohols.

  • PbSO4 [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Do not take this as advice, but with Google and some spitballing, it looks like the boiling point of ethanol is about 170 F while the boiling point of methanol is about 150 F. So if you were to construct a double boiler system with two pots/bowls, you could add boiling water to some water in the bottom bowl to maintain ~160 F in order to slowly heat the top bowl to 160 F without a heat source being directly applied. Would recommend this be done in a well ventilated area. Won't touch fusels though, but afaik those are less adverse to your health and more unpleasant in taste.