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ID 695355 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain viticulturealcoholic beverages & non-alcoholic beverageschemical engineering
  • general name for wine distilling apparatus; pot still. The simplest type of still, consisting of a vessel in which wine is boiled; a tube to lead vapours to a condenser and sometimes a preheater. This type is used chiefly for brandy distillation
  • apparatus for the distillation of liquids, consisting of a reboiler, a fractionating column and arrangement for reflux
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  • The drink may be called 'distilled gin' if it is produced solely by redistilling organoleptically suitable ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin of an appropriate quality with an initial alcoholic strength of at least 96% vol in stills traditionally used for gin, in the presence of juniper berries and of other natural botanicals provided that the juniper taste is predominant.

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