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Craft Distillation Fundamentals
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Craft Distillation Fundamentals

Valuable Insights for a future craft distiller
Created byMalcolm Bucholtz
Last updated 8/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • For people interested in perhaps one day launching a craft distillery business, this Course provides valuable insight into the scientific fundamentals of craft alcohol Distillation.

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 1h 42m total length

  • Introduction1:15
  • Distillation Boiling Point and Vapor Pressure11:22

    For the entrepreneur interested in one day launching a craft distillery, this lecture aims to make the participant comfortable with the scientific concepts of vapor pressure and boiling point. These concepts underpin the subject of fractional distillation.

  • Distillation Raoult's Law17:37

    For the entrepreneur interested in one day launching a craft distillery, this lecture builds on the concepts of vapor pressure and boiling point and introduces the participant to Raoult's Law and the ethanol-water system.

  • Distillation Raoult's Law and Pot stills11:06

    This lecture discusses Raoult's Law in the context of what happens inside a pot still. The participant will become aware of why various brands of pot-distilled Scotch and Irish whiskies all taste different.

  • Distillation with Added Surface Area18:30

    This lecture will build on the one previous and will explore Raoult's Law in the context of adding more surface area to a still. This lecture will then help the participant better understand column distillation.

  • Distillation Heads, Hearts and Tails16:49

    This lecture introduces the participant to the concept of high volatile, medium volatile and low volatile distillate coming from a still. These components are otherwise known as Heads, Hearts and Tails or in U.K. parlance Foreshots, Spirits and Feints.

  • Distillation Equipment25:22

    There is a plethora of stills available to the start-up craft distiller. Making the wrong purchase decision can be devastating to a new craft distillery. This lecture offers a very pointed look at what is available on the market.

Requirements

  • No specific requirements

Description

For the entrepreneur interested in one day launching a craft distillery, this course helps the participant to understand the rather complex science behind the fractional distillation of alcohol. Starting with a look at the concepts of vapor pressure and boiling point, the participant will then be introduced to Raoult's Law and the notion of the azeotropic point. The concept of Heads, Hearts and Tails is then explored using a simple, but powerful, visual graphic. Lastly, this course concludes with a look at various brands of stills available to the craft distiller. 

Who this course is for:

  • Entrepreneurs interested in perhaps one day launching a craft distillery business.

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