How to Seal a Copper Still with Flour Paste

Once you have purchased the right copper whiskey still, you have made your mash, and you are ready for your alcohol run, there are a few final preparations to make your whiskey or moonshine run a smashing success.

Your copper moonshine still detaches from the pot at the onion bulb, for easy cleaning, transport, and filling. However, you do not want alcohol vapor to escape from the space between these parts. Alcohol vapor is highly flammable - which is why you should always distill in a well-ventilated area - and alcohol vapor that escapes is vapor that is not turned into moonshine.


So, Before you begin distilling your own moonshine at home, make sure that you seal the space between the onion head of the still and the body of the still with a simple flour paste that you can make yourself.