pot still

American  

Or pot-still

noun

1. a simple and sometimes primitive type of still, used especially in the making of cognac, corn liquor, and malt Scotch whisky.

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pot still British  

noun

1. a type of still used in distilling whisky in which heat is applied directly to the pot in which the wash is contained

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Etymology

Origin of pot still

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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pot still

By the end of the distillation process with a pot still, the distillate has been divided into a few fractions.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023

It takes about a month for them to turn into wine, which is then triple distilled in a copper Arabian pot still.

From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2022

The book, by most of the partners in the Dead Rabbit, an esteemed bar in Lower Manhattan, is an up-to-date treatise on the whiskey, defining its four styles: pot still, malt, grain and blended.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

One is pot still Irish whiskey that has a heavy sherry influence and the other is a blend with a pot still and grain component.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2021

The fire snaked around to the side of the pot, still a wild orange, spewing fumes; it had not yet stabilized to a clean blue.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie