The spirit produced by column stills was generally more pure and potent, but in the process of distillation it also stripped away more oils and “congeners,” a catch-all term for trace ...

The column still Power is talking about, the column still any Scottish or Irish distiller is talking about, is what’s known as a Coffey still, named for Aeneas Coffey, who perfected it in 1831.

This is Straight Up, a column by whiskey expert and author Heather Greene. Today, Greene breaks down how exactly whiskey is made. Unless you’ve been living without the internet, you surely know ...

The first distillation takes place in a column still, which as the name suggests, is a tall cylindrical column with different compartments inside. It's also known as a beer still, ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Family Still for Continuous Distillation ” in SA Supplements Vol. 37 No. 962supp (June 1894), p. 15370 doi:10.1038 ...