This course is intended for anyone who wants to distil their own hydrosols at home or in their business. It is designed for both beginners and those already familiar with other distillation techniques.

Video course: 1.2hr of pre-recorded, on demand video (in 9 modules).

Printable course materials: Downloadable PDFs of our detailed course notes, as well as recipes, tables, formulations and further resources.

Lifetime access: You’ll have access to your courses to watch and review whenever you want.

Support and membership: When you buy this course, you gain automatic membership to The Alembics Lab course forums. This is an interactive space for questions, further learning and scheduled live events.

This course features a demonstration of two different distillation techniques for producing hydrosol—rosemary (modules 1-5), and quince (modules 6-9). We’ll demonstrate how to treat different types of plant materials, and how to extract the best hydrosol from each.

Course modules

Just a device and internet connection, as our courses are totally online. You don’t need a still in order to learn with us, but chances are after taking these courses, you’ll want one!

Each course comes with printable course materials, which will have a list of equipment and supplies used in the distillation, so you can outfit yourself beforehand should you want to distil along with us. As a guide, our basic set-up will include:

• A still
• Heat source (such as an electric hotplate or gas burner)
• Submersible in-line pump and water reservoir (bucket, container or sink)
• Accessories and tools (plastic tubing, scissors, electrical tape, beakers or jars)

You can choose your favourite aromatic plant, or have a read through our Encyclopedia Botanica to decide which plants you may like to begin your hydrosol journey with here.