Choose the still. Verify the use. Build it lawfully.
Stills, columns, condensers, commercial distillery equipment, water and botanical systems, parts, used-equipment inspection and current federal compliance pathways.
Federal law prohibits home production of distilled spirits. Commercial beverage production requires a TTB-qualified Distilled Spirits Plant and separate state and local approvals.
Start with the lawful purpose
Water distillation, botanical work, fuel alcohol, laboratory systems and beverage spirits do not share one permit or safety path.
Permit Pathway Planner
Separate beverage, fuel, water, botanical and institutional uses.
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Match lawful purpose, scale, material and installation context.
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Stills, columns, condensers, fittings, water distillers and used parts.
Start hereUsed Still Inspection
Materials, welds, relief, controls, utilities and documentation.
Start hereCommercial Distillery Systems
Qualified DSP equipment, tanks, utilities, fire protection and bottling.
Start hereFire, Vapor & Pressure Safety
Flammable vapor, overpressure, steam, electricity and ventilation.
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Alcohol distilling equipment
Copper and stainless stills, columns, boilers and marketplace kits.
Browse eBay distillersColumns and condensers
Plate columns, packed sections, dephlegmators, shotgun and liebig condensers.
Browse componentsWater and botanical systems
Purpose-built water distillers, essential-oil stills and laboratory apparatus.
Browse lawful-use systemsDo not buy a premises problem
Zoning, residence restrictions, fire code, hazardous-area electrical, steam, wastewater and state licensing can determine whether a system can ever operate lawfully.
Open the compliance libraryUsed still evidence
- Manufacturer, model and serial
- Material and weld documentation
- Pressure relief and vacuum protection
- Electrical and control drawings
- Prior premises and operating use
- Freight, rigging and utility requirements