Thank you to everyone who has made this a successful Instructable! I appreciate the views and positive feedback. Please cut me some slack where I am lacking. I have recently updated to include moonshine cherries few more specifics, but this does not take the place of doing your own research.
I am not an expert, though I play one on TV. I am also toying with a discussion forum for all the numerous repeat questions. Please continue to check the comments discussions before posting questions. United States law has to say about distilling. Hopefully this will make some of you think a little harder about this and the rest to stop posting comments debating the legality of this. This is ONLY for the US. I get repeat questions constantly and I don’t have time to answer the same questions over and over.
I used rubber, but cork is safer, use that. NOT touching the bottom or sides of the kettle. F methanol will begin to boil and come out through your tube as vapor into your condenser where it will convert back to liquid and exit into your receptacle. F, the boiling point of the ethanol.