Separation/flavor tradeoff retained. Reject nearby molecular-weight account: water has lower molecular mass than ethanol. Reflux changes mixture separation; pure boiling points do not specify congener cut order.
The passage contrasts purification capacity with flavor retention when choosing and operating a still.
Still geometry and reflux determine how often vapor and liquid re-contact; increasing that contact raises separation and proof but can remove flavor congeners the distiller may want to retain.
PDF sheet 87
PDF sheet 87
Still Design and Reflux
Fresh complete supplied-copy audit: 382 sheets read, all surveyed and135 detailed visual pages inspected. Separation/flavor tradeoff retained. Reject nearby molecular-weight account: water has lower molecular mass than ethanol. Reflux changes mixture separation; pure boiling points do not specify congener cut order.
Verified evidence record from Aaron Hyde's How to Distill.
Captured evidence
Still geometry and reflux determine how often vapor and liquid re-contact; increasing that contact raises separation and proof but can remove flavor congeners the distiller may want to retain.
Locator
- Local PDF: PDF sheet 87
- Source section: Still Design and Reflux
- Locator convention: PDF-sheet number, used because the 382-sheet fixed-layout file does not match the edition's 224-page bibliographic pagination
Context
The passage contrasts purification capacity with flavor retention when choosing and operating a still.
Research annotation
Directly supports the existing reflux claim and the broader principle that whiskey character requires selective rather than maximal purification.