Use the 2025 CSS Study Guide, PDF/printed p. 12, for the technical baseline and Kosar, Whiskey: A Global History, printed p. 12 / PDF sheet 14, for independent introductory corroboration.
In spirits production, distillation follows fermentation and separates and concentrates alcohol from the fermented base.
Verified against the 2025 CSS Study Guide at PDF/printed p. 12 and Kosar at printed p. 12 / PDF sheet 14. Both independently place distillation after fermentation and describe separation of alcohol through heating and condensation.
This baseline statement does not imply complete separation or describe congener behavior, reflux, still design, or cuts.
The CSS excerpt states the technical sequence and separation function. Kosar independently describes fermentation of grain and water into a beer-like base followed by heating, vapor capture, and condensation into spirit.
Pilot-era title normalized in Batch 025. Remains Ready for Drafting with Strong evidence and High confidence for this bounded baseline statement.
Claim
In spirits production, distillation follows fermentation and separates and concentrates alcohol from the fermented base.
Evidence
The 2025 CSS Study Guide supplies the technical baseline. Kosar independently describes fermenting grain and water into a beer-like liquid, then heating it, capturing vapor, and condensing the vapor into spirit.
Boundary
This baseline statement does not imply complete separation or describe congener behavior, reflux, still design, equilibrium, or cuts.
Drafting guidance
Use this as the simple production sequence before introducing the more selective and chemically complex behavior of real whiskey distillation.
Readiness decision
Ready for Drafting with Strong evidence and High confidence across two independent sources.