How much whiskey or rum can an iStill produce?

16 January 2024

Introduction

If you use your iStill to distill a base whiskey beer or rum wine of around 8% into finished product, how much can you produce? This simply depends on the size iStill you have (a bigger iStill produces more, obviously) and on how often you run it (more runs equal more output).

Underneath we developed two scenario's. The first one takes a leisurely approach to distilling whiskey or rum. The second one goes all out and tries to find the maximum outputs for each and every iStill.

We'll finish this iStill Blog post with a price comparison of production costs: iStill vs. traditional still.

A leisurely approach to producing whiskey or rum

Taking it easy, with one run per day and five runs per week, the iStill 500 can help you produce 2.500 bottles of whiskey or rum per month. The iStill 1000 doubles your output to 5.000 bottles per month. The iStills 2000 and 5000 produce 10.000 and 25.000 bottles per month respectively.

Going all out

Maximizing the production output with your iStills, result in much higher numbers. With two runs per day and seven runs per week, the iStill 500 can help you produce 7.000 bottles of whiskey or rum per month. The iStill 1000 doubles your output to 14.000 bottles per month. The iStills 2000 and 5000 produce 28.000 and 70.000 bottles per month respectively.

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Comments (6)
Is there any experience working with the Istill at high altitude? I am writing from Cusco, Peru. We are located at 3,000 meters over sea level and boiling temperature here is at 82 °C. Any help in that regard? Is there a way to set the Istill to distill with those conditions?
Yussef Sumar
21 January 2024
Yes, we have distilleries at very high altitudes. Our software and the iStill air pressure sensor automatically adapts, so that you'll still get perfect cuts. Pls. email me via Odin@iStillmail.com, so that we can plan a video call. Would love to hear more about your plans and discuss how we can be of further assistance.
Odin
21 January 2024
Thanks for that information. But, what do you think about one distillation or two (focus on malt whisky)? Do you think the quality is would be the same? Many thanks in advance mate.
Javier Pulido Gonzalez
22 January 2024
As a general rule every distillation cycle takes away flavor (via the boiler discharge) and also concentrates flavors (via the vapors that come from the boiler). Less distillation cycles equals more flavor concentration. And a huge saving on energy at the same time.
Odin
22 January 2024
Hi Odin, Can you do a cost comparison between the iStill and traditional please? Thanks, Bronagh
Bronagh Conlon
22 January 2024
Here you go, Bronagh! https://istillblog.com/2021/01/21/istill-brings-efficiency-to-the-craft-distilling-industry/
Odin
22 January 2024