Use mechanism-level descriptions rather than assuming still category determines lightness, heaviness, or flavor retention. Fresh audit: Source-grounded system synthesis retained; ideal stage and recycle models do not quantitatively predict every operating distillery. Noncontiguous locator ranges remain explicit.
Empirical and modeled comparison of distillation apparatus and operating mechanisms.
Spirit character depends on interacting features—reflux, copper placement, liquid and foam carryover, residence time, holdup, reaction kinetics, condenser conditions, alcoholic strength, and cuts—so a label such as pot or column still is an incomplete causal explanation.
PDF sheets 257–266 / printed pp. 249–258
PDF sheets 197–200 / printed pp. 188–191
Chapters 6–7 — distillation observations and theory
September 28 fresh audit: passage and locator checked against the supplied 533-sheet PDF. Source-grounded system synthesis retained; ideal stage and recycle models do not quantitatively predict every operating distillery. Noncontiguous locator ranges remain explicit.
Verified evidence record from the complete review of Whisky Science: A Condensed Distillation.
Evidence
Spirit character depends on interacting features—reflux, copper placement, liquid and foam carryover, residence time, holdup, reaction kinetics, condenser conditions, alcoholic strength, and cuts—so a label such as pot or column still is an incomplete causal explanation.
Locator
- Section: Chapters 6–7 — distillation observations and theory
- Start: PDF sheets 197–200 / printed pp. 188–191
- End: PDF sheets 257–266 / printed pp. 249–258
Context
Empirical and modeled comparison of distillation apparatus and operating mechanisms.
Annotation
Use mechanism-level descriptions rather than assuming still category determines lightness, heaviness, or flavor retention.
Supports
September 28 audit
Source-grounded system synthesis retained; ideal stage and recycle models do not quantitatively predict every operating distillery. Noncontiguous locator ranges remain explicit.