copper stills
Distillery's metal vessels
Copper stills are vessels used to distill liquids, particularly alcoholic spirits like whiskey, brandy, and moonshine.
Copper conducts heat evenly and reacts chemically with sulfur compounds, removing unpleasant flavors from the distillate.
The traditional pot still shape—bulbous bottom tapering to a curved neck—has remained largely unchanged for centuries.
The distillery's copper stills gleamed in rows.
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- white lightningIllicit homemade corn whiskey
- whiskeyOak-aged grain spirit
- brandySpirit from fermented fruit
- patinaSurface film from aging
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- Bourbonbourbon, straight bourbon, craft bourbon, Kentucky bourbon, bourbon whiskey
- distillingdistillery, distiller, distilleries, mash, pot stills
- CharenteHennessy, Martell, Remy Martin, Courvoisier, distilleries
- WhiskyMacallan, Scotch, bourbon, Glenlivet, Highland Park
- Mexican drinksmezcal, tequila, tepache
copper stillsfermentation tanks
Vessels for microbial conversion
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