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 […]

Alcohol distillation has been used for millennia. Records from ancient China, Egypt and Mesopotamia indicate its widespread usage for producing perfumes, oils and balms used by mystery religions of those times to provide immortality through regular consumption of the product. Every spirit begins as a sugary mixture known as the mash, made up primarily of […]

Distilleries often evoke images of massive metal stills in an industrial setting, but all spirits begin as fermented mixtures of grain, fruit or root vegetables containing sugar-containing materials, blended with yeast for fermentation. Once fermented, this material is then combined with alcohol-rich vapors which are captured and condensed into liquid spirit; depending on its desired […]