Saturday 11 February 2012

Should I use a Pot Still or a Column Still?

Pot stills are the current descendant of the alembic still. They were the earliest still types used to manufacture spirits. Pot still are rather inefficient which can be a good thing when crafting whiskey. For example, when making neutral spirit with no flavor and high alcohol yield you would use a reflux or column still. For whiskey you will need to produce a product which retains the flavors of mash. In this case the pot still is most suitable.

A pot still has four key parts: We will look

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