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continuous still
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continuous still [kən¦tin·yə·wəs ′stil]
(food engineering)
A type of still in which rectification is accomplished, allowing for the collection of several relatively pure fractions of distilled spirits.


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This takes place in a 14-plate column still, followed by a 4-plate stripping still.
Grain whisky may contain unmalted barley or other malted or unmalted grains such as wheat and maize (corn) and is typically distilled in a continuous column still, known as a Patent or Coffey still.
Rums are created from one of two fundamental distillation techniques: the old-fashioned batch process called pot still distillation or the more industrial style known as column still (a.
 
 
 
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