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Coffey still - a still consisting of an apparatus for the fractional distillation of ethanol from fermentation on an industrial scale

distillery, still - a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation

still - an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed

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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.

What makes a malt whisky

For in around 1870, Scotch whisky was of very low quality, much of it being distilled poorly in Coffey stills. For exportation to America, the Irish distillers wanted to differentiate their product from the poorer Scotch whisky, thus they added the 'e' to mark the crucial distinction.

Business Class - Executives develop a taste for Scotland's single malts

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