Quote from Adam Carvell on July 29, 2025, 7:05 pm

This is not my equipment, but I'm helping a friend to retire from the industry.  Please send any inquiries to cnydistillingequip@gmail.com.

 

COMPLETE COMMERCIAL DISTILLERY, EQUIPMENT ONLY (USED): $240,000

Includes:

500 gal.  Stripping Still with modular expansion bulbs

150 gal. Column Still, two columns, neutrals-capable

1000 gal. Mash tun with impeller and cooling grid

Two 2000 liter Fermenters/ Red Wine Tanks

Floor-to-kettle grain auger

6 head gravity bottler

Centrifugal floor pump and hoses

Fulton Classic boiler

Trenton chillers x 2

Tanks, scales, gauging equipment and more included

Grain-to-glass vodka and whiskey distillery in upstate New York is selling a complete distilling system, available for quick shipping.  Includes two custom stills built by the distiller, a 40+ year master fabricator and HVAC expert, using industrial quality stainless kettles with custom copper work throughout.  This distilling system has been utilized for approximately 9 years of low-moderate use in the production of exclusively corn-based vodka and whiskies. 

The stripping still is capable of rapid first-pass distillation but can also be operated with a deplhegmator for high proof low wines or single pass usage.  The custom column still has two copper columns that can be operated in tandem or individually, one with open expansion appropriate for whiskey or brandy distillation and one with traditional reflux plates for efficient, clean, high proof distillation.

Two stainless steel 2000L (528 gal) Fermenters (style: red wine tanks) are excellent for grain fermentation and its management.  Jacketed tanks make for easy cooling, and auger mixers assist with both flow and fermentation.

An oversized 1000 gal. stainless steel mash tun makes for rapid mashing and easy cleaning as one mash batch can fill both fermenters.  The mash tun also incudes a copper heat exchanger mesh that can rapidly cool the mash from above and is chiller compatible, a small production cat-walk for kettle access, and a floor-to-kettle grain auger for easy filling from the floor.

In sum, this sale provides appropriately sized vessels and specialty equipment required to get a distillery producing very quickly at a commercial scale yet using a small overall floor footprint, or for an existing distillery to add production. Equipment can be picked up by buyer (upstate New York), delivered regionally (depending on distance) or shipped via freight.  The entire system will fit inside a long trailer or shipping container for long distance or international shipment.

Equipment is being sold "as-is" with no implied or explicit warranties.  Price for the entire system: $240,000.  Shipping and handling is not included in the asking price and will depend on destination.

Optional services (not included in price): system installation and test runs, boiler/steamfitting consultation, chiller/cooling consultation, custom fabrications and decorations for any piece of equipment.  Please be aware any additional services or installations may delay the immediate availability of the equipment.

Below are the specification overviews.

500 gal Stripping Still:

-Crepaco high-pressure (rated 50 psi) stainless steel kettle base with CIP balls (clean-in-place), -2” drain with heavy controls, 18” manway, 12”top port with tri-clamp.  MX Auger impeller, air driven.

-2 copper expansion chambers with CIP

-Top dephlegmator (copper) with controls

-All copper arm to 6” copper condenser

-Copper parrot with surge break venting, gauge float, and floor support.

-Thermoports with modern thermometers.

-Vacuum and pressure relief valves 

-Still kettle diameter is 6 feet, still fully assembled stands below 12 feet, and is appropriate for low overhead clearance spaces.  

150 gal Column Still:

-Legion high-pressure (rated to 30 psi at 300 degrees) stainless steel kettle base with custom copper top and pedestal base.  Three 8” top ports for clean out and fill, 1.5” output drain. MXD -Auger impeller, air driven.

-Expansion bulb, all copper, with dephlegmator coil top.

-Two multiple-configuration columns,  one open for gas expansion, packed with copper fittings, and one with 8 traditional reflux plates.  Can be operated together, separately or bypassed completely.  Columns have a trapped return system, with pump, to pass water condensate back to the pot, each column is individually trapped.

-Condenser with steel base support.  4” all-copper with 5’ of contact for rapid cooling.  

-Surge breaker venting and parrot.

-Clean-in-place assemblies throughout.

-Thermoports with modern thermometers.

-Vacuum and pressure relief valves 

1000 gal. Mash Tun

-Lee Industries high pressure (400 psi at 338 degrees) jacketed stainless steel tank

-Can be reverse cooled

-Includes copper cooling grid (exchanger raises in and out of the top for open tank cooling) compatible with chillers or ground water cooling.

-Includes steel catwalk for kettle access and cleaning,

-Temperature probes with modern thermometers, fill-level float optional for reinstallation.

2 x 2000L Fermenters

-Italian red wine tanks with 16” manway, side cleaning port, racking port, 2” drains, and thermoports.

-Jacketed for low pressure (15 psi) temperature management

-Impellers for flow and fermentation assistance, solenoid and controls included

-Piped for external exhaust of CO2 if desired

Auger system

-Floor to kettle auger with pan receptacle for rapid mash tun loading from grain bags or super sacks.  

-Rolling steel base

-Standard plastic auger internals

-Reversible with safety shut off.

Criveller Company floor pump

-2” TRC fittings

-airless tires

-self-priming, food grade impeller and seal

Vintner hoses

-2 x 15’, 1 x 3’, 1 x 27”

-250 psi rating

-2” with triclamp fittings included

6 head gravity bottler with filtration 

-chamber filtration equipment

-on-hand supply of filter media included

Fulton Classic Boiler, 10hp

-the benchmark in reliable steam heating

-condensate tank and intake pre-warmer

-current owner is a certified Fulton installer and has provided all service and maintenance

Two chillers (7.5 hp overall)

-Trenton Refrigeration 5 hp chiller, base mount

-Trenton Refrigeration 2.5 hp chiller (pre-chiller and fermentation cooling)

-currently set up for water cooling but can run glycol

-run in tandem for high-demand distillations, or run separately for specific task purposes

-2 x 80 chiller storage tanks 

3 stainless hearts tanks, closed top

-suitable as a spirit safe for hearts, feints, blending or storage

-base mounted casters (add grounding wire or clips)

-35-50 gallon each

100 gal blending tank

- open top with agitator

Motorized horizontal tumbler tank

-35 gal

-for infusions and maturation processes requiring agitation

Also included: floor scale, clamps and gaskets, carboys, certified gauging hydrometers, and miscellaneous lab equipment