making pure whiskey …

• What is a whiskey?

• How is whiskey traditionally made?

• How is Pure Whiskey made and what are the benefits?

What is a whiskey?

Law:• A beverage, made from a grain wash, that is distilled at no more than

80% and has been aged for a minimum of three years in a wooden barrel

iStill:• A distilled beverage, made from a grain wash, in which the taste of

the grain can be easily identified

How is it made?

First pot distillation (strip run) takes an 8% wash to 25 to 30%Second pot distillation (spirit run) takes the strip run to 70% and allows for cuts:• Fores: poisonous concentration of lower boiling point alcohols• Heads: combination of lower BP alcohols and grainy ethanol – fruity!• Hearts: ethanol with a grainy taste, some heads and tails• Tails: combination of tailsy alcohols and grainy ethanol – nutty taste!

Due to the low level of separation heads and tails bleed into heartsThat is good news for taste (fruit & grain & nuts), bad for hangovers!

• How is Pure Whiskey made and what are the benefits?

And pure whiskey?

• Pure Whiskey is not made in a potstill, but in a fractionating still• Due to numerous re-distillations (15) a fractionating still has a very

high level of separation• Headsy alcohols, causing headaches, are compressed and drawn off• Tailsy alcohols, causing stomach aches, are held back to the last part

of the run• Leaving us with a hearts faction that is 96% strong, pure, and does not

cause hangovers• Like this:

Traditional spirit run with a potstillFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails Tails

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Traditional run with a Boka or Nixon-Stone LMFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails Tails

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Potstill vs. LM still:

whiskey

nuttyfruity grainy

Where is the taste?

• But …

• If we separate heads and tails perfectly …

• Are we not just left with a grainy middle cut, without a fruity and nutty taste? A whiskey without character? A vodka rather than a whiskey?

• Yes, but there is a solution!

pure whiskey procedure

Run 1: Use a fractionating still to do a first run. Like this:1. Load the boiler, heat up the system, and stabilize your column2. Throw away the Fores (they are poisonous)3. Now collect Heads into the so called feints container4. Switch containers and collect Hearts in your hearts container5. After that, collect tails into your feints container

You now have:6. A grainy vodka (Hearts from run 1)7. Feints (Heads and Tails from run 1)

pure whiskey procedure

Run 2: Use the fractionating still to do your second run. Like this:1. Load the boiler, add feints from run 1, heat up, and stabilize2. Throw away the Fores (they are poisonous)3. Now collect Heads into the so called feints container4. Switch containers and collect Hearts in your hearts container5. After that, collect tails into your feints container

You now have:6. A fruity, grainy, nutty whiskey (Hearts from run 2)7. Feints (Heads and Tails from run 1 and run 2)

First run when making Pure Whiskey: making a Pure … VodkaFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails Tails

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Second run when making Pure Whiskey: added heads & tails congeners blend over into heartsFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails Tails

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Boka or Nixon-Stone LM:

Pure Whiskey

pure whiskey procedure

• In Run 2 you have twice as much Heads and twice as much Tails in the boiler

• Because of the high level of separation of a fractionating still, you can stack Heads and Tails much better

• Heads and Tails factions become so compact that associated fruity and nutty congeners bleed over into hearts!

• Leaving you with a Pure Whiskey: all the taste without the hangover!

First run when making Pure Whiskey: making a Pure … VodkaFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails

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Second run when making Pure Whiskey: added heads & tails congeners blend over into heartsFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails

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iStill 50/250:Higher speed of collection and shorter total run time

More compressed Fores, Heads, and Tails

Due to SPP packing and automation (40 instead of 15 distillations)

Allowing for more heads and tails associated congeners to blend into hearts

Result: great whiskey taste at 96% without the hangover!

vodka

Boka/NS vs iStill 50/250:Second run when making Pure Whiskey: added heads & tails congeners blend over into heartsFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails Tails

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Second run when making Pure Whiskey: added heads & tails congeners blend over into heartsFores Heads Heads Heads Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Hearts Tails Tails Tails Boka/NStone LM: iStill 50:

Fores 3% Fores 1%Heads 17% Heads 6%Hearts 57% Hearts 73%

speed Tails 23% Tails 20%ofcollection

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