It is illegal to manufacture spirits in the UK without a distiller's licence which is required under the provisions of section 12 of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 and this includes manufacture for "own/domestic use".
Public Notice 39 - "Spirits production in the UK" dated July 2006 provides further information about HM Revenue and Custom's requirements.

The ultimate still in home distilling, the T500 is a must for anyone who wants to produce large quantities of extremely clean, pure alcohol. The T500 allows you to collect an astonishing 95% of the possible alcohol from the wash. This comes out at an amazing 93% alcohol purity which beats every other still on the market.

High quality alcohol made with the T500 can be used to make high quality, commercial grade, clear spirits such as Gin, White Rum and Vodka as well as any of the other spirits and liqueurs in the Still Spirits Essences range.

Designed and assembled in New Zealand, the world's most advanced fractionating column for home use. It includes stainless Steel Construction, faucet adaptor for ease of water flow adjustment, 25 L boiler with 1800w integrated element, boil dry reset, thermal cut out fuse and waste discharge tap.

The condensor column is available in Stainless Steel or Copper. The standard set up is stainless steel. The Copper column is available either with the T500 boiler or seperatly. With either model it is advised that the finished spirit is filtered through activated carbon to remove unwanted flavours from distilled alcohol. We recommend the Still Spirits EZ Filter for this purpose.