A Self-Sufficient Energy/Livestock System

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November/December 1980
By the Mother Earth News editors 
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After the liquid mash has been separated from the solid residue, it's drawn into the 6"-diameter and 12'-tall, fiberglass saddle-packed column at midpoint . . . where the distillation process actually begins. The 3/4" reinforced fiberglass "still" tank contains 165 feet of 1/2" copper coils, which heat the 175 gallons or so of beer that are kept in the container at all times.

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The alcohol product, in vapor form, is then run through a cold water condenser, and collected in a fiberglass reservoir at a rate of 5 gallons per hour (still under vacuum) before being placed in a 500-gallon, 1/4"-fiberglass storage tank. (The reservoir is plumbed into the top of the distillation column to allow some of the high-proof alcohol product to recycle through the packing to complete the reflux process.)

Using his equipment as described, Charlie McCutcheon can manufacture 160 to 180-proof ethanol for a cost that has — according to the Show Me Stater — at times been as low as 38¢ a gallon!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Charlie McCutcheon can provide further information concerning any of his various "miracle" products to anyone who writes hire at McCutcheon's Midwest Miracle Marts, Dept. TMEN, Highway 5 at Lucky Street, Payette, Missouri 65248 (please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope).

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