Spirit Stills and Reboilers?

[Kraaijeveld A.R.]

That gets us into an almost metaphysical discussion as to where exactly the distillation takes place, i.e. where (in pot or column) alcohol molecules are separated from water molecules. My feeling is in both, in which case the pot does more than simply hold the volume of liquid.


Cheers, Lex




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To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
Subject: SV: Spirit Stills and Reboilers?

Could it be that it just is simpler and cheaper to operate the column
batch-wise than in a continuous process and the pot has to be there only to
house the necessary volume?

Åke

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Ämne: Re: Spirit Stills and Reboilers?

>But why bother with a pot still for first run if you in fact have a
>continuous still afterwards in the line? 

But isn't that what happens in Holstein stills, which are essentially
pots with a column on top? AFAIK, most whisk(e)y distillers using
Holstein-type stills only have one distillation run


Cheers Lex

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