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  Whiskey - Scotch Irish Rye and Bourbon Whiskies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the case of the Spirit Still, the design of the still, the height of the head (or top) of the still and the angle of the wide-diameter pipe or lyne arm, connecting the head to the condensing unit, are all very important and have an effect on the distillate.
In it the vapours from the still condense.
Pot ale, alternatively burnt ale, is the liquor left in the Wash Still after the first distillation in the Pot Still process.
www.whisky-heritage.co.uk /information/whiskyterms.html   (1489 words)

  
  Pot still - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pot still is a type of still used in distilling spirits such as whisky or brandy.
Heat is applied directly to the pot in which the mash (in the case of whisky) or wine (in the case of Cognac) is contained.
The modern pot still is a descendant of the alembic, a distillation device invented around the eighth century AD for use in alchemy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pot_still   (314 words)

  
 The Scotch Doc - The Pot Still
I found the coppersmith inside the pot still with a large hammer.
I gained a new respect for the pot still and certainly for the exceptionally fine and highly talented individuals who produce them.
Workers in the background finish the main portion of the still.
www.scotchdoc.com /tsd/education/potstill.html   (525 words)

  
 Distilling - Straightbourbon.com
In my view the column still vs. pot still issue is not really important since column stills can be designed or operated in a way to produce alcohol at the same strength as produced by double pot distillation.
Or maybe they felt malt spirit from pot stills still shows differences from the same proof spirit issuing from a column still, but I believe this is not the case.
It is generally accepted that the specific shape of the stills used to make malt whisky determines the character of the whisky, and while some broad generalizations can be made (tall thin stills produce a lighter spirit than short, squat stills) the exact effects of each change in contour are not clearly understood.
www.straightbourbon.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3736   (1550 words)

  
 The Scotch Pot Stills - Part 1
The bevel gear is fixed inside the pot with the help of three, about 120 degrees shifted reinforcing plates with brass bolts on the outside and three cantilevers made from gun metal or brass on the inside.
The taller and slimmer a pot still neck is, the better the substances divide by differences in temperature over the height and the purer the ethanol will be in the end.
It is often told, that pot stills are exactly rebuilt with every buckle they got during the decades of use, so that the taste of the malt will never change over the years.
www.thewhiskystore.de /experts/copper.htm   (2261 words)

  
 The Pot Still
This still is an almost flat-bottomed copper pot, with a high head to prevent the fluid within from boiling over.
The alcohol leaves the still in the form of vapour, which is condensed into a liquid and cooled in its passage through the "worm" to the Receiver.
As the alcoholic strength of the liquid which remains in the still continually weakens, a point is eventually arrived at when the value of the weak distillate produced will not balance the expenditure on fuel necessary to distill it.
travelinireland.com /ireland_history/ireland_history_the_pot_still.htm   (234 words)

  
 Still - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term 'still' is a contraction of the verb 'to distill'.
A still is an apparatus used to distill miscible or immiscible (eg.
Stills have been used to produce perfume and medicine, Water for Injection (WFI) for pharmaceutical use, generally to separate and purify different chemicals, and most famously, to produce distilled beverages containing ethyl alcohol.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Still   (348 words)

  
 The Pot Still
This still is an almost flat-bottomed copper pot, with a high head to prevent the fluid within from boiling over.
The alcohol leaves the still in the form of vapour, which is condensed into a liquid and cooled in its passage through the "worm" to the Receiver.
As the alcoholic strength of the liquid which remains in the still continually weakens, a point is eventually arrived at when the value of the weak distillate produced will not balance the expenditure on fuel necessary to distill it.
www.travelinireland.com /ireland_history/ireland_history_the_pot_still.htm   (234 words)

  
 Building a World Class Home Distillation Apparatus - What Kind of Still?
Copper pot stills like these are reputed to have been in use for over 500 years to make some of the finest Irish Whiskey in the world.
While the pot still is enormously inefficient, it is uniquely simple and easily adapted for home distillation of everything from essences to whiskey and moonshine.
Perhaps the greatest advantage of using a pot still for distilling is that because it is inefficient, it preserves much of the flavors and body derived from the mash.
www.moonshine-still.com /page5.htm   (505 words)

  
 The Calatagan Pot
Carbon dating was reportedly done on the pot but the results pointed to such an extremely early date that it had to be rejected.
If the Calatagan pot turns out to be a fake, its creator may either have been a bumbling fool who did not know much about scripts or a very sophisticated forger who could have introduced mysterious symbols deliberately to send paleographers wondering what they represented.
In the end, it would be easier to assume that the pot is authentic because it is hard to understand why a forger would do things the way he did in making the pot.
www.bibingka.com /dahon/mystery/pot.htm   (1169 words)

  
 STILLCOOKER Scandinavian still
Pot Stills are made from copper which was - and is - the best material because it scavenges certain impurities out of the alcohol.
Improvements have been made since the earliest days of the crude alembics and pots, but it is still a laborious procedure loading up, boiling off, emptying dregs and recharging for the next run.
A picture of a basic pot still example: These are pictures of an original 1920's American copper pot still, which was for sale on Ebay.com in 2002.
www.stillcooker.com /pot_still.html   (496 words)

  
 Vodka—Still-Crazy After All these Years | Food & Wine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The device that does this, called a pot still, is usually made of copper and looks like a giant, shiny pumpkin with a long stem that ends in a corkscrew.
One problem with pot stills is that the quality of their output varies dramatically, depending on who's watching the machinery.
The pot stills operated by the tough old Scots of Islay eke out some of the most delicious whisky on the planet; pot stills overseen by Chicago gangsters in the '20s issued forth a searingly pungent bathtub gin that regularly blinded its consumers.
www.foodandwine.com /articles/invoke.cfm?label=vodka-still-crazy-after-all-these-years   (2269 words)

  
 CNN - Pol Pot alive, Cambodian general says - June 22, 1997
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (CNN) -- Khmer Rouge guerrilla strongman Pol Pot, blamed for the "killing fields" deaths of more than 1 million people in the 1970s, is still alive and being held captive by dissident guerrillas, Cambodian Gen. Nhiek Bun Chhay told reporters Sunday.
Nhiek Bun Chhay, a senior Cambodian army general and the government's chief negotiator with Khmer Rouge rebels, said he saw Pol Pot Sunday in the northern city of Anlong Veng, at the jungle headquarters of the breakaway faction that captured him last week.
Pol Pot, 69, was very sick, the general said, adding that the rebels would hand him over to the government soon.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/9706/22/pol.pot   (620 words)

  
 Still Spirits - Distillation - fermentation new zealand spirits home brew
The Still Spirits process involves the controlled manufacture of alcohol from a known mix of nutrients, sugar and yeast.
Pot stills collect all the condensate from the boil and condense it.
Reflux stills have a separate chamber which further purifies the condensate before it condenses it.
www.stillspirits.com /wawcs016221/6221.html   (3650 words)

  
 Distillation - Alcohol Distilling Terms Glossary : from Diastase to Wort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The term is also applied to the first and last runnings from the Patent Still, in which process they are returned to the wash for re distillation.The feints and foreshots from the last distillation of the season are kept for adding to the first low wines of the succeeding season.
They form the first raw runnings of this second distillation and their collection is terminated by the judgment of the stillman.
Patent Still distillates are generally lighter in aroma than most Malt Whiskies.
www.dewars.com /sitemap/distillation.htm   (789 words)

  
 Canadian pot laws still unconstitutional?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The case was an appeal of an earlier one that found it unfair to criminalize Prince Edward Islanders for possession when Ontarians were puffing joints openly in their homes, in cafe's and on the streets.
A comparable situation exists in Nova Scotia, where pot possession laws were similarly put out of their misery earlier this year.
In BC, the judgment that ended pot possession was a little different than in PEI or Nova Scotia.
www.cannabisculture.com /articles/3183.html   (539 words)

  
 Distillation
Using a mixture of different woods harvested off the property, the pot still is heated.
Up until the development of the continuous still, distillation was always carried out in variations of the pot still method.
This method of distillation allows for a careful crafting of the final product, but the pot still has to be recharged after each individual operation.
www.brandypeak.com /distillation.htm   (573 words)

  
 Pot still - Homedistiller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is derived from the ancient Alembic Still.
There are many designs for pot stills, from the traditional "pot" still based on an actual kettle, to the more modern pot stills which often employ two stills, one for low wines and one for spirits.
Some stills, such as Coffey stills, are a form of pot still but are designed for continuous operation.
homedistiller.org /mediawiki-1.6.8/index.php?title=Pot_still&printable=yes   (102 words)

  
 Stills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pot stills were the original way to distill whiskey
The column still is normally made of multiple columns for continuous use.
The pot still is normally made with a large copper kettle.
www.albany.edu /~ab759966/stills.html   (72 words)

  
 alembic still
Our standard pot stills starts from 1 qt desktop pot still to 250 gallons pot still, generally used to distill eau-de-vie, brandy distillation, whiskey distillery, alembic can also be used for essential oils, hydrosol, perfume, and many essence oils for aromatherapy.
Portuguese alembic pot still, with or without, column distiller, is very popular.
All stills are made of solid copper, modeled, hammered, hand by hand in a magnificent work that is both an equipment of distillery as well as a rich decorative artwork to impress your visitors.
www.hogacompany.com /distillers.htm   (186 words)

  
 Miss Whisky
The pot still was a discontinuous process whereby the still had to be filled, distilled, emptied and recharged, creating a delay in the process; oftentimes there would be the need for a second distillation because the first distillation would have created a very weak product.
Many people could purchase a still, set it up, and make whisky from raw materials that they were producing on the farm or from extra grain at the gristmill.
The column still, often called the Coffey Still or the Patent Still, (Figure 3) required an investment of capital to install and run, however, there was the opportunity to construct a better distillery with a more efficient means of production.
www.frymybacon.com /articles/article_0085.xml   (918 words)

  
 Mongolian Hot Pot
This type of pot is still popular in Asian countries, but now it is made of aluminum or stainless steel, and uses a gas or electric source of heat.
Still, copper makes the best fire pot, because of its wonderful ability to diffuse heat and conduct it quickly and easily throughout its surface.
The fire pot is lined inside with tin, to prevent acidic foods from adversely reacting with the copper.
fantes.com /mongolian_hot_pot.htm   (1163 words)

  
 The Korea Times : Get the Story Behind Your Drink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is a gigantic pot still at the entrance gate of Liquorium.
Beside the angel’s share section, a large cognac pot still is displayed.
The pot still was manufactured in Cognac, France, in 1830 and was used until the 1980s.
times.hankooki.com /lpage/culture/200611/kt2006112319084311690.htm   (1171 words)

  
 Potpourri, Free Recipes to make Aromatic Blends.
Similarities still exist between people who avidly use flowers and herbs today and the woman of the house during the sixteenth to eighteenth century.
Still rooms were a very important part of every home during these midieval times.
Today, we still gather and dry fresh herbs and flowers, distil them and make them into such items as pomanders, sachets and other enjoyable fragrant mixtures for additions to our homes or to give as gifts.
www.comfycountrycreations.com /potpourri.htm   (1008 words)

  
 holycola.net: The melting pot still has some heat under it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
So powerful that it can still be activated in a citizenry trapped in a left vs. right paralysis, to correct even bone-headed and narrow-minded insensitivity: Bedier says an experience last month left him modestly optimistic about relations between Muslims and non-Muslims.
The melting pot is one of the most enduring metaphors for describing the ideal immigrant experience for those who move to make the US their home.
It's still far from the correct temperature, and it still needs some fixing so as not to splash a mess everywhere when stirred, but it's something.
holycola.net /archives/000824.html   (876 words)

  
 Pot Still is toast of whisky awards - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pot Still is toast of whisky awards - Evening Times
The Pot Still on Hope Street was named the Whisky Magazine's Whisky Bar of the Year in the Icons of Whisky Awards.
The Victoria gantry in the pub, which is crammed with a massive range of whiskies, impressed the judges.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /hi/news/5049759.html   (82 words)

  
 The fondue pot is hot again - The Boston Globe
Fondue pots, popular wedding gifts in the 1960s, became culinary cliches within a decade, and later faded almost completely from the table.
But if you didn't sell your fondue pot at your last tag sale and it's still gathering dust in the back of a cabinet, pull it out.
If your fondue pot is still in the back of a cabinet, pull it out.
boston.com /ae/food/articles/2005/01/26/the_fondue_pot_is_hot_again   (718 words)

  
 Pot whiskey (English to French translation glossary) Food & Dairy,
A number of Pot Still Whiskey types are produced, all involving triple distillation.
The alcohol produced in a pot still is a batch process, which means that a definite quantity of fermented malt extract is taken in a pot and heated with the help of either steam coils or circulated through a calendria.
The whisky of these derired blend is produced by mixing of the basic eahylalcohol with the matured spirit got from the pot still.
www.proz.com /kudoz/1596488   (469 words)

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