Rum Distillery Equipment

1. Introduction:

We boben factory as one of the leading rum distillery manufacturer are specialized in the turn-key customs designing, production, installation of distillation & brewing industry.

We are China based alcohol distillery equipment manufacturer with 10+ years of experience. Specialized in rum still equipment custom designing, production and installing turn-key distillation project.

Whether it’s a simple rum still or a rum still with a multi-plate side column, Shanghai Boben Light Industry Machinery Equipment can meet your needs.

We offer several styles of stills from stainless/copper to all copper with an onion dome, and full systems designed for either malted grain or single malt and corn.

Boben Factory understands the expense of starting up a distillery, also allows you to stay within a reasonable start-up budget.

We also have a full line of all-copper stills and all-copper side columns to suit your needs.

Rum distillation is a combination of science and art.

After six to seven days in fermentation, the resulting “wash” is transferred to our Boben rum stills, where the liquid is heated to separate the alcohols. The still converts that alcohol to vapor form and then returns it to liquid through a condenser.

2. Types of rum distillery equipment:

Rum is made from sugar cane,
The sugar cane is then crushed or pressed to extract the juice. 

Fermenting Sugar Cane Juice

The distilled sugar cane juice for rum is made from what is called a “wash”, which first has to be fermented in order to produce alcohol. The cane juice or molasses is mixed with water and then introduced with yeast. The yeast will then consume the natural sugar in the molasses or juice and convert it into alcohol.

Once the sugar cane juice has been sufficiently fermented into a wash, it is ready to be distilled into rum. Distillation is a varied and complex process that may incorporate a range of different approaches.

While different producers may have their own cultural or individual techniques, distilling rum usually consist of either a combination or one of the following:

(1) Rum Copper Pot Distillation：

most client will chose single pot still to produce their ideal rum, cheap than twin kettle pot still but can meet purpose of ideal rum distilling process.

The components of a pot still include: tank, swan neck, lyn arm, condenser, safe and accessory return.

The traditional alembic is an Arabic invention that was introduced to Europe following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania during the 8th Century.

Although it had undergone many improvements before it was introduced to the Americas during the Spanish Conquest, the approach is still used for distilling sugar cane juice into rum.

A copper pot still works by heating low-proof alcohol in what is essentially a large kettle covered by a head called an “ambix”. As alcohol has a lower boiling point than water, it turns to vapour while water remains liquid at the right temperature of around 78°C.

The vapour will then rise through a long tube in the ambix, which cools and condenses it back into a liquid.

Good rum produced from a traditional copper pot still requires a significant level of skill. Although it provides the master distiller more control, only a small portion of the distillate is safe for consumption.

Indeed, a single distillation run consists of the following yields:

● Foreshot: The first 5% of distillate that contains some of the most toxic and volatile impurities such as methanol.

● Heads/High Wines: Distillate with volatile compounds such as acetone.

● Cut/Heart: Consisting mostly of ethanol, the most palatable part of the run.

● Tails/Low Wines: The least volatile components consisting mostly of thin-tasting fusel oils.

Usually, the parts of the heads and tails are recovered as “feints” and then redistilled in a future batch. In most cases such as with cognac, the heart requires a second distillation to remove impurities. As a result, it may also remove the flavour compounds, which are called “congeners”.

(2) The Adam Rum Copper Pot Still 

Many copper pot stills for making rum employ a concept that was invented in the early-19th century by Édouard Adam. The French distiller sought to improve the traditional copper pot still by introducing additional pots called “retorts”.

As a result, the stills would save time by avoiding additional runs while preserving the congeners as well as reducing waste by increasing yields. These two retorts would be connected one after the other after the ambix condensation tube.

The first retort would recover the low wines from the alembic’s wash while the second condensed the high wines. When distilling the mash, the retorts would already contain the low and high wines as feints. The resulting distillate was rich and flavour and achievable in a single distillation.

Although it was a failed project in Europe and quickly overshadowed by the Coffey column still in the 1830s, his invention coincided with a sudden growth in domestic sugar beet production.

Overwhelmed by a market crash and crippling debt, sugar refineries in the French Caribbean turned to rum distillation and the latest technology available was the Adam pot still.

Therefore, it’s no surprise that the Adam pot still is particularly prevalent among French-style distillers today. Distillers have developed their own techniques with the Adam still, which may consist of adding wash or dunder to the low wine retort to modify the flavour of the rum.

Similarly, some retorts feature chilled heads to create reflux, which forces the vapour to condense and fall back inside before being heated again.

However, the Adam still also used by some English-style producers in the Caribbean as well. Interestingly, it can also be found in some parts of Scotland for making whisky. Nevertheless, they may both also employ a Coffey column still during the process.

(3) Column Rum Distillation

Column Stills: Hybrid Pot Still (with reflux column for increase alcohol proof, it can meet your purpose to make rum or other different spirits, ideal as an option to make other spirits such as gin brandy vodka etc)

The column still consists of 2 connected tall distillation columns - Analyze and Rectifier, each of which is divided into compartments with perforated partitions.

3. Rum Knowledge:

Rum is an alcoholic spirit that’s made by distilling fermented molasses or sugarcane juice. Although the rum production industry is largely unregulated, it’s typically aged for at least 8 months or two years before it can be commercialised. However, there are many dark rums that are also aged for far longer.

Rum is most commonly produced in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. Nevertheless, there are also operations that continue in mainland North America, African islands in the Indian Ocean, and even as far as Indonesia.

You can learn more about their different varieties and the way they’re productions with our guides on the different types of rum and how rum is made.

Each style of rum has its own rich history, which has greatly contributed to their respective identities as well as the beverage’s overall diversity. However, we’ll be covering its fundamental history below.

4. Rum Introduction

Rum is usually made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses or directly from sugarcane juice or brown sugar. The distillate is then aged in oak barrels for color and flavor. The liquor originates from the Caribbean and Latin America, where the majority of rum is still being produced today as the area is rich in sugarcane and sugar beets. Molasses is the dark, sweet, syrup-like byproduct obtained through the extraction of sugar from sugarcane and sugar beets. Molasses varies by amount of sugar and method of extraction, and age of plant

Boben light Industry also focus and dedicated to production of copper Multi Spirits Rum Distilling Equipment and supplied to many overseas clients of different types rum distillery equipment.

5. Feature and Advantage

Use red copper

Copper has good thermal conductivity,

Catalyst for esterification reaction

Good corrosion resistance to the acidity of raw wine

It can make butyric acid, acetic acid, lauric acid and so on form insoluble copper salt and precipitate.

6. Specification

Parameter:

7. Application

Manufacturing Plant,

Home Use,

Retail,

Food & Beverage Factory

Restaurant,

8. Service

Pre-sale service:

1. Free of making offers, craft and technical guidance.

2. We can provide OEM Services.

3. We can also do customization equipment according to customer's needs.

4. Products allow 1year warranty for main parts.

5. 100% test before delivery All products undergo strict product quality testing before packing.

9. Why choose Boben Whisky Distilling Equipment 

① Basically, the raw material Boben Rum Distillery Equipment made of is high stnadard food grade Stainless Steel 304 and red copper CU to meet request, international standard and worldwide certified to enter different countries, it’s safe to use for alcohol & beverage industry when making whisky liquors. Boben factory has CE Certificates for rum distillery equipment as well as our other products such brewery system, fermenter, brite tank,stainless steel tanks etc.

② Next, Boben products are all manully hammered, welded,polished by each individual workers, workers with good craftmanship in this industry , some are copper welding skillful workers to make sure our copper and stainless steel are perfect to meet customer’s rum distillery to Guarantee equipment use and aesthetics.

③ Boben factory always online for free consulting service include whisky distillation solutions and other products you may interested.Boben Light Industry manufacturer,specializing whisky, brandy, vodka, GIN, rum, rice wine distillation equipment, liquor optimization distillation equipment, pure dew essential oil distillation equipment, and the design of whisky production lines, Manufacturing, installation, commissioning and other turnkey projects.

④ At Boben Light Industry we offer you not only expertise but also years of experience with tank construction – we know exactly what will work for your business needs. We are happy to design a custom stainless steel still and tank that is perfect for both safety purposes as well as efficiency!

⑤ Advantages of Boben factory:

1. All materials are sanitary stainless steels and red copper CU.
2. Humanized structure design and easy to operate.
3. Transition area of interior wall on tank adopts arc transition to ensure that no dead ends of sanitation.
4.The rum distillery pot capacity are 100L, 150L,200L,300L, 500L,1000L, 2000L, 3000L,4000L,5000L,10T. Ect. suggested to put inside copper material.

⑥ Main Features:

2. Any size available and customization service.

2. Home Distillation Equipment has a high wine yield, high alcohol purity and few impurities

3. Is easy to operate and use, easy to clean and occupies a small area.

4. High safety, high work efficiency, long service life, low energy consumption, good quality and low price.

5. Mini Distillery looks good and beautiful, and can be used as an ornament.

6. The material is safe and assured. Food grade stainless steel and copper are used.

7. Operation guide and drawings can be provided. 8. Wide range of uses,can make whiskey, brandy, rum, vodka and other alcohol to meet your needs.

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10. FAQ

Q1. What is your terms of packing? 

A: Generally, we pack our goods in plywood case or carton package for small parts.

Q2. What is your terms of payment? 

A: T/T in advance, 50% as deposit, and finish 50% balance payment before delivery. We'll show you the photos of the products and packages before you pay the balance. 

Q3. What is your terms of delivery? 

A: EXW, FOB, CIF, DDU. DDP.DAP

Q4. How about your delivery time? 

A: Generally, it will take 3 to 4 weeks after receiving your advance payment. The specific delivery time depends on the items and the quantity of your order. 

Q5. Can you produce according to the samples? 

A: Yes, we can produce by your samples or technical drawings. 

Q6.Do you test all your goods before delivery? 

A: Yes, we have 100% test before delivery 

Q7: How do you make our business long-term and good relationship? 

A:1. We keep good quality and competitive price to ensure our customers benefit ; 

2. We respect every customer as our friend and we sincerely do business and make friends with them, no matter where they come from.

Q8: How long the warranty will be? 

A: 1 Year warranty

Q9: How about the installation and repair? 

A: We provide online instruction or we send our engineer to your company to fix the problem.But round-trip ticket and accommodation fees are on your side.

Q10: How could we confirm the products?

A: Our professional engineers will follow up all the designs and adjustments according to your requirement.OEM and ODM available.

Q11: How can I know your machine works well?

A: Before delivery, we shall test the machine working condition for you.

Q12: What's your MOQ?

A: 1 set.

Q13:What's the MOQ?

A:We do not require MOQ on stills.

Q14:What happens if there's damage or item missing in my order?

A:We try very hard to avoid mistakes and we are sorry if it happens, you can give us a call or send an email , we will provide compensation or free replacements as soon as possible.

Q15:Can I visit your workshop?

A:Our workshop located in Hangzhou,Zhejiang and it's not far away from the Railway Station or Airport,we welcome you to visit us anytime.