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The overview distinguishes batch and continuous systems and explains that the composition of the collected distillate depends on apparatus and fractionation choices.
Production methods
Production methods
System overview
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The overview distinguishes batch and continuous systems and explains that the composition of the collected distillate depends on apparatus and fractionation choices.
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Locator: Section Production methods–Production methods
Source section: System overview
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Use as a reader bridge before specialist American-whiskey process pages.
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Paraphrase checked against the complete saved article and canonical section on 2026-09-05; not presented as a verbatim quotation.
September 27 qualification
This bounded paraphrase is supported by the supplied Distillation subsections (derivative sheets 8–10). It does not endorse the article’s claims that pot stills are becoming obsolete, are limited to flavoring products, or invariably yield more complex flavor. The full correction audit is in Distilled spirits as fermentation followed by concentration — Thomas and Shipman.