pot still

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.

pot still

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pot still¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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

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So in the case of the pot still, as the kettle is heated, chemicals that have lower boiling points are collected first.

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

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“But the pot still and single malt in the blend also give it the body to support the other ingredients.”

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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.

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