Pot Stills and Column Stills: What’s Best For Distillation

Pot Stills and Column Stills: What’s Best For Distillation

What type of spirit are you making? What ABV do you want the spirit to achieve? Are you producing it batch-by-batch or on a larger scale? Do you want to consider yourself a \"Craft\" distillery? Once you've answered these questions, you can better determine if a traditional pot still or a continuous column still is best for you.

Some distillers hold the difference between the type of distillation still used to a high standard - claiming that the only difference in a spirit comes down to those that come off a traditional pot still and those that come off a continuous column still. In what mechanism are you choosing to complete the process of distillation - a pot still or a column still? Pot stills are often romanticized, and for good reason! These copper-crafted kettles date back to the 15th century and are typically seen when a distillery is crafting batch spirits.

Pot stills are used to make more flavorful spirits, including cognac, whiskey, rum, and scotch. The ABV of pot still spirits is lower than column stills due to the flavorful organic compounds found in the spirit.

Continuous column stills are used much more regularly than pot stills, and are more efficient than their romanticized counterpart. So making a decision is easiest when headed directly to the source - a manufacturer who specializes in both pot stills and column stills, so the bias that exists in the spirit industry is muted as you make a decision.

If you're dabbling in the idea of starting a distillery or adding on to your already established one, you want to be able to see the benefits of both pot stills and continuous column stills - and preferably, by someone who knows distilling equipment. Whether you decide to use a pot still or a continuous column still, Specific Mechanical has the skill, experience, and passion for helping future distillers and expanding distillers pick the equipment that best suits their needs.

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