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pot still

Noun

Meaning

pot still (plural pot stills)

A still used for distillation in the production of whisky, or for crude separations in a chemical plant.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The highly concentrated spirit is then redistilled with juniper berries and other botanicals in a pot still. Source: Internet

In 1850, Andrew Usher began producing a blended whisky that mixed traditional pot still whisky with that from the new Coffey still. Source: Internet

The base is a mash of malted barley, dried in kilns fired with a little peat (although considerably less than in Scotland), and distilled using the pot still method. Source: Internet

Distillation was historically performed using an alembic or pot still until the continuous still was invented which made the distillation process much more economically efficient. Source: Internet

Whereas a single pot still charged with wine might yield a vapour enriched to 40–50% alcohol, a column still can achieve a vapour alcohol content of 95.6%; an azeotropic mixture of alcohol and water. Source: Internet

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