I can see how an aluminum vessel might put some aluminum into the mash or wert and contaminate that. But I don"t think humans usually eat what is left over in the "pot" after distillation. It might be relished by hogs or other animals though. I don"t see how much, if any, aluminum would be transferred to the alcohol vapor that goes out through the copper tubing to be cooled and condensed into drinkable liquor. I was just asking if anyone knew what the chemistry might be that would make the LIQUOR poisonous using an aluminum vessel.
I think the problem with using an automotive radiator for distillation is that the liquid alcohol (and maybe the vapor too) would leach lead from the solder in the radiator. I wonder what might happen using an aluminum radiator that doesn"t have any solder. Maybe aluminum would leach out. Everything I ever read suggested using copper tubing for the condensation tube, though I don"t see why a glass distillation mechanism, like we used in Chemistry class, would not work fine assuming you had good cold water flow.
Maybe you are right about the white lightning I have tried, and maybe the people who made it aren"t very skilled. The several times I have tried such liquor, I was not a bit impressed. It didn"t taste very good. On the other hand, no one died or went blind from drinking it. I do enjoy good whiskey on occasion. But I think it is a better plan to just legally buy the high quality booze for the little bit I ever use, rather than risk a whole lot of hassle trying to make something myself that is much inferior to what I can buy, and which might get me into a WORLD OF TROUBLE!!!
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