What are the differents between pot still, coloum still and alembic still…?
Pot stills and alembic stills are essentially the same thing. They’re basically a pot containing a fermented wash (grain for whisky, grape for brandy, molasses for rum, etc.) that contains a small percentage of alcohol. The pot has a cap on it with a tube leading out to a condenser. As the wash in the pot is heated, the mixture of alcohol and water turn to vapor, rise up through the cap, through the tube in the cap and through the condenser where the concentrated alcohol/water vapor turns back into a liquid and collected. A column still takes the same vapor from the boiler and instead of directing the vapor straight to the condenser, it carries it through a set of perforated plates. At each plate, the vapor partially condenses where the heavier compounds (water and heavier alcohols) condense first and allow the alcohol and lighter compounds to stay vaporized and continue rising. The more plates, the purer the alcohol becomes as it goes through them. The accumulation of the partially co
