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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.
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.
Before the 19th century most distillation was performed from a simple pot still developed in 800 AD by the Arab alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan. In the early 19th century the advent of steam heating and later the continuous "patent" still radically transformed the spirits industry. Smaller traditional producers developed marketing strategies to ...
The period from mashing to distillation is about a week. ... Friar John used — and some of his successors use — a pot still to make whisky. ... patented a new type of still that came to be ...
The grain spirit will be of a relatively high purity on arrival, but the distiller's first task is to "rectify" it further (in patent or continuous stills at the Beefeater distillery, in pot ...
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 ...
The simplest standard distillation apparatus is commonly known as a pot still, consisting of a single heated chamber and a vessel to collect purified alcohol. A pot still incorporates only one condensation, whereas other types of distillation equipment have multiple stages which result in higher purification of the more volatile component ...
A pot still is a type of distillation apparatus or still used to distill flavored liquors such as whisky or cognac, but not rectified spirit because they are poor at separating congeners. Pot stills operate on a batch distillation basis (as opposed to a Coffey or column stills, which operate on a continuous basis).
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