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Manufacturer: Whyren's Distillery
Model: Traditional Pot Stills
Affiliation: Whyren's Distillery
Modularity: Minor
Production: Minor
Material: Copper and durasteel
Description:
Whiskey is serious business for the Blake family -- and in Whyren's they still use the traditional pot distill method passed down from generations today. Some of these pots are still in use since before the Gulag Plague. Quality Corellian craftmanship can be found in these pot stills.
A pot still is a type of still used in distilling spirits such as whisky or brandy, with these being hand forged and tempered with copper. The way that these work is that heat is applied directly to the pot containing the wash(for whisky) or wine (for brandy). This is called a batch distillation (as opposed to a continuous distillation).
At standard atmospheric pressure, alcohol boils at 78 °C (172 °F), while water boils at 100 °C (212 °F). During distillation, the vapour contains more alcohol than the liquid. When the vapours are condensed, the resulting liquid contains a higher concentration of alcohol. In the pot still, the alcohol and water vapour combine with esters and flow from the still through the condensing coil.
There they condense into the first distillation liquid, the so-called "low wines". The low wines have a strength of about 25-35% alcohol by volume, and flow into a second still. It is then distilled a second time to produce the colourless spirit, collected at about 70% alcohol by volume. Colour is added through maturation in an oak aging barrel, and develops over time.
These pot stills are made to be sent to the various Whyren's distillery locations across the Corellian Sector.
