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Which is better and more productive – a Reflux Still or a Pot Still?

Both types of Still will remove the alcohol from a wash or mash, therefore the productivity is basically the same. A Reflux Still refines the distillate to a high degree, producing a distillate of very high alcohol content with very little of the 'character' of the wash or mash coming through. A Reflux Still is a must for producing neutral spirit or Vodka. 

A Pot Still produces a distillate with much lower alcohol content but with a correspondingly increased level of the 'character' coming through. This is important for distilleries producing Spirits such as Whisky, Tequila and Rum etc. where the character of the base ingredients is required in the final product.

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Alcohol Distiller equipment

Alcohol Distiller equipment is composed of the electric heating boiler ,onion head ,plate columns ,condenser etc

The column still,enables the distiller to create cleaner, higher-purity, more neutral spirit, like vodka. This is one of the key differences between these two kinds of distillation stills - the fact that column stills are able to produce such high ABV levels is one of the key factors which sets them apart from pot stills, as a pot still is simply not capable of yielding such returns.

The heating method can be designed according customer’s site request ,the common type is electric heating below the capacity 1000l boiler ; The bigger capacity suggest to use the steam heating .

DEGONG has two type distillation equipment : Pot still and Column still .

Fermentation tanks for fermenting 

Distillation process

All spirits go through at least two procedures - fermentation and distillation.  Fermentation is where all alcohol is created, distillation is where the alcohol is separated and removed.  In order for fermentation to occur, two things are needed:  a raw material in liquid form that contains sugar, followed by the addition of yeast.  Yeast is a living organism that feeds on sugar; the bi-product of this consumption is alcohol and carbon dioxide (CO2).

A simple formula for fermentation is:

YEAST + SUGAR = ALCOHOL + C02

Distilling is essentially the process whereby a liquid made of two or more parts is separated into smaller parts of desired purity by the addition and subtraction of heat from the mixture.  The vapours/liquids distilled will separated other ingredients that have lower boiling points.  Distilled spirits are produced from agricultural raw materials such as grapes, other fruit, sugar-cane, molasses, potatoes, cereals, etc.