enclosed in this report are plans, designs, and operations of the distillery built under the department of energy small grants program the goal at the start of this project was to build an energy efficient on-the-farm alcohol plant for under $25,000.00. the goal has been accomplished. however with this type of project there is always room for modification, which makes the plant even more cost efficient. the design and construction of this still is nothing more than simple and proven technology that any farmer with any experience in welding and fabrication, along with a shop, can build. during the grant period the investigator made minor changes in design and operation in the plant to accommodate state and local regulations that he was not aware of at the time of the grant application. now that this project is completed, he is confident that this still and others like it can be operated on a farm efficiently and will enable farmers to be energy producers and energy independent. 1 fig. (era citation 10:051063)