Still

History

The invention of the still is allotted to the Arab , in the neighborhoods of the 10th century. Thus Abu Al-Qasim (Aboulcassis), one of the largest Arab surgeons, passes to be the inventor about it.

But the principle existed already quite front, and the Greek knew it. The word still comes besides from the Arab Al anbiq , itself borrowed from the Greek late ambix (= vase).

One would have even found traces of the invention of the still by the Egyptian in mesopotamy towards −3500 before JC.

The still was initially used to manufacture Parfum S or drugs, before allowing the production of brandies by distillation of fermented fruit juices.

Composition of a traditional still

The still is usually made up of four parts:

the body or the boiler in which is the liquids to distill, is heated directly on a hearth or is used as Marie bath;
the capital recovers the boiler and is provided with a conical tube in which the vapors will rise;
the swan neck or serpentine, tube in spiral which brings the vapors in the condenser;
the condenser or cooling agent where water circulates to cool and condense the vapors…

The still with double distillation

The still with Double distillation makes it possible to separate the Ester S, more volatile and giving a bad taste, Ethanol. Before the invention of the double distillation, one scented the brandies with various substances (Genièvre, Anis…) with strong taste to mask the bad taste of the Ester S. From where the drink survival the such gin or anises.

External bond

Still of Armagnac

article 306 of the '' General Tax Code '' which regulates the possession of a still in France

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