You can achieve 96% ethanol with a still...

[Guest guest]

You know, if you take 95% ethanol and distill it carefully, you can naturally

produce a 96%

ethanol solution - this is in fact the maximum percent (96%) possible by

conventional

distillation, so it happens naturally. All you need is a still that you think

is safe enough to

handle the distillation of an already flammable liquid (double boilers at least)

and the

courage to do what, I believe, is likely to be illegal (i.e., purification of

ethanol via

distillation).

For about $130 you can get an all-glass still that might (?!) be perfect for

this. Just boil

over and recondense your alcohol and use the distillate which should be close to

96% (you

can always re-distill to make sure).