pot still
noun
: a still used especially in the distillation of Irish grain whiskey and Scotch malt whiskey in which the heat of the fire is applied directly to the pot containing the mash
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The first run of the vodka occurs in a copper pot still, the kind used to make most traditional Irish and Scotch whiskies.
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Ryan J. Rusak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024
The new Port Ellen distillery has a completely fresh design, featuring a glass stillhouse, two pairs of copper pot stills that are exact replicas of the original stills, and a set of experimental stills that will be used for smaller batch whiskies (whisky production got underway early this year).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
Ireland Dingle Original Gin (SRP: $49.95) Hand-crafted and distilled in Ireland, Dingle Original Gin is an artisan, pot still gin that incorporates both traditional and innovative distilling techniques.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
It’s made from 100 percent blue agave nectar that is fermented and distilled in both column and pot stills.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
The oldest rum in the blend is a rum aged between 11 and 15 years from Guyana that was distilled on the Port Mourant double wooden pot still.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
In fact, some of the bourbon produced there is originally distilled at Buffalo Trace and then shipped to Bowman for a third distillation in the smaller operation’s pot stills (nicknamed Mary and George).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2023
These are all single pot still whiskeys, meaning they are made from a mash bill of malted and unmalted barley in a pot still at one distillery (Midleton), and each is aged in a particular combination of casks to give it its unique flavor.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
The whiskey in question is a blend of single pot still and single grain whiskey distilled from the 1980s to the 2000s, and matured for several decades in American oak ex-bourbon barrels.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
Ryan J. Rusak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024
The new Port Ellen distillery has a completely fresh design, featuring a glass stillhouse, two pairs of copper pot stills that are exact replicas of the original stills, and a set of experimental stills that will be used for smaller batch whiskies (whisky production got underway early this year).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
Ireland Dingle Original Gin (SRP: $49.95) Hand-crafted and distilled in Ireland, Dingle Original Gin is an artisan, pot still gin that incorporates both traditional and innovative distilling techniques.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
It’s made from 100 percent blue agave nectar that is fermented and distilled in both column and pot stills.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024
The oldest rum in the blend is a rum aged between 11 and 15 years from Guyana that was distilled on the Port Mourant double wooden pot still.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
In fact, some of the bourbon produced there is originally distilled at Buffalo Trace and then shipped to Bowman for a third distillation in the smaller operation’s pot stills (nicknamed Mary and George).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2023
These are all single pot still whiskeys, meaning they are made from a mash bill of malted and unmalted barley in a pot still at one distillery (Midleton), and each is aged in a particular combination of casks to give it its unique flavor.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
The whiskey in question is a blend of single pot still and single grain whiskey distilled from the 1980s to the 2000s, and matured for several decades in American oak ex-bourbon barrels.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
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