Column still
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A column still, also called a continuous still, patent still or Coffey still, is a variety of still consisting of two columns. Column stills can produce rectified spirit.
Coffey still from Kilbeggan Distillery, in County Westmeath, Ireland
Pot still
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A pot still is a type of distillation apparatus or still used to distill liquors such as whisky and brandy. In modern practice, they are not used to produce rectified spirit, because they do not separ
Column still
…Calvados AOC and Calvados Domfrontais. Calvados Pays d'Auge AOC is required to be distilled by pot still. Column stills behave like a series of single pot stills, formed in a long vertical tube. The tube is filled with either porous packing or bubble plates. The rising vapour, which is low in alcohol, starts to…
Pot stills at the Lagavulin Distillery
Historical whiskey pot still at the Jameson's Old Midleton Distillery in County Cork, Ireland
A cognac pot still
A spirit safe (i.e., padlocked apparatus at the end of the pot still enabling the distiller to cut off the "heads" and "tails" of distillation; it is padlocked for excise accounting reasons)