Alcohol distillation is the process by which spirits are created from already fermented ingredients (like beer, wine or cider ) using heated steam or vapour, by isolating their compounds using different boiling points and pressure. A distiller can control this ratio to optimize quality control of their final product. Distillation steps generally concentrate certain flavour […]

Copper has long been used in distillation for its heat conducting properties and malleability; both properties make it easy to use in still construction and operation. Furthermore, copper’s corrosion-resistance makes it an excellent choice when building stills; yet its chemical composition makes copper an indispensable ingredient when producing spirits. Copper acts as a catalyst to […]

Alcohol distillation is the second major step in spirits production. Following fermentation, the resultant liquid is then subjected to alcohol distillation in order to separate and concentrate its alcoholic components. This is possible thanks to an obscure property of physics: since alcohol (in your vodka, gin, rum whiskey etc) boils at lower temperatures than water; […]

Distillation is a laboratory separation technique that uses differences in boiling points of various components in a liquid mixture as the basis for separation. Selective evaporation and condensation techniques are then employed to purify this solution into (near) pure components – an extremely popular separation technique employed within organic chemistry. Temperature measurements in laboratory distillation […]

Distillation is a specialized form of purified water purification which removes minerals and other contaminants. At its core, distillation involves boiling the water then collecting its steam before condensing it to produce distilled water for use as sterilizer, in brewing or making baby formula – or medical labs where sterile pure water must be provided […]