Module 6
Advanced Still Design
Learn how modern column management and internals improve repeatability and expand what one still can make.
Advanced still design centers on repeatability: remove outside variables, control reflux precisely, and choose internals (plates or packing) that match your product goals. You’ll learn liquid management, plated columns, why fruit brandy stills are a trap for whiskey, and how packed columns increase separation density.
What you'll learn
- How liquid management removes key outside variables in traditional cooling management
- How plated columns create multiple distillation cycles (and where they struggle)
- Why fruit brandy stills are optimized for 2D spirits and can limit whiskey and rum
- How packed columns increase separation efficiency in less height