Editing Pot still (section)

{{Short description|Distillation apparatus for flavored liquors}}
[[Image:Sjb whiskey still.jpg|275px|right|thumb|Pot stills at the [[Lagavulin]] Distillery]]
A '''pot still''' is a type of distillation apparatus  or [[still]] used to [[Distillation|distill]] liquors such as [[whisky]] or [[brandy]]. In modern (post-1850s) practice, they are not used to produce [[rectified spirit]], because they do not separate [[Congener (beverages)|congener]]s from [[ethanol]] as effectively as other distillation methods. Pot stills operate on a [[batch distillation]] basis (in contrast to [[column still]]s, which operate on a [[continuous distillation|continuous]] basis). Traditionally constructed from [[copper]], pot stills are made in a range of shapes and sizes depending on the quantity and style of spirit desired.

Spirits distilled in pot stills top out between 60 and 80 percent [[alcohol by volume]] (ABV) after multiple distillations.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Because of this relatively low level of ABV concentration, spirits produced by a pot still retain more of the flavour from the wash than distillation practices that reach higher ethanol concentrations.

Under European law and various trade agreements, [[cognac]] (a protected term for a variety of brandy produced in the region around [[Cognac, France]]) and any [[Irish whiskey|Irish]] or [[Scotch whisky|Scotch]] whisky labelled as "pot still whisky" or "[[malt whisky]]" must be distilled using a pot still.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/foodindustrydevelopmenttrademarkets/geographicalindicationsprotectednames/IrishWhiskeytechnicalfile141114.pdf|title=Technical file setting out the specifications with which Irish whiskey / Uisce Beatha Eireannach / Irish Whisky must comply|date=October 2014|website=www.agriculture.gov.ie|publisher=Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018215546/https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/foodindustrydevelopmenttrademarkets/geographicalindicationsprotectednames/IrishWhiskeytechnicalfile141114.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="SWR2009">[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2890/contents/made The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009], ''The National Archives'', 2009.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pediacognac.com/en/la-distillation-dela-distillation-enla-distillation/verschiedene-destillationsmethodendifferent-distillation-methodsdifferentes-methodes-de-distillation/|title=L'encyclopédie du Cognac: Different distillation methods|publisher=Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac Entreprise|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref>

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Whiskometry. (z.d.). Whisky Production: Distillation. Geraadpleegd op 27 mei 2025, van https://www.whiskometry.com/en/whisky-knowledge/whisky-production-distillation/