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English: RAER's unique Copper Pot Still produces a remarkable Lowland spirit which forms the DNA blueprint of its future Single Malt Scotch Whiskies. Date 5 February 2019
Pot stills at the Lagavulin Distillery. A pot still is a type of distillation apparatus or still used to distill liquors such as whisky or brandy.In modern (post-1850s) practice, they are not used to produce rectified spirit, because they do not separate congeners from ethanol as effectively as other distillation methods.
Pot still distillation gives an incomplete separation, but this can be desirable for the flavor of some distilled beverages. If a purer distillate is desired, a reflux still is the most common solution. Reflux stills incorporate a fractionating column, commonly created by filling copper vessels with glass beads to maximize available surface ...
Coffey observed a design alternative to the traditional copper pot alembic still commonly used in Ireland, known as the continuous, or column, still. First patented by a Cork County distillery in 1822, the column still remained a relatively inefficient piece of equipment, although it pointed the way towards a cheaper and more productive way to ...
This coincided with reduction in thickness of the copper cladding and the stainless steel walls. While reducing the material used for manufacture cut costs, it has been recognized as noticeably lowering quality and durability. Still, Revere Ware remained in demand, and pieces from the 1968–86 era continue to be popular entry items for collectors.
A bottle of Redbreast 12 Year Old, bearing the older description "Pure pot still". Newer bottles are labelled "Single pot still". Whiskey has been distilled in Ireland since at least the 1400s [10] and most likely as early as the 6th century. [3] Single pot still whiskey emerged as a means of avoiding a tax introduced in 1785 on the use of ...
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The use of column stills for the distillation of Cognac is forbidden, although they may be used for other types of brandy, likewise malt Scotch Whiskies must be distilled in a pot still. Distillation by column stills is permitted for Calvados AOC and Calvados Domfrontais. Calvados Pays d'Auge AOC is required to be distilled by pot still.