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 […]

Distillation is a process in which we separate the constituent parts of spirits (water and ethanol) to achieve pure spirit, without unwanted flavors. The quality of spirits produced will depend on many factors; among these is using bread yeast which typically produces starting alcohol of 10% while high strength distillers yeasts can tolerate much higher […]