Brandy is a distilled spirit produced by fermenting fruit juices, primarily grapes, and then distilling the resulting wine to concentrate its alcohol content and flavors. The distillation process involves heating the fermented wine to separate alcohol from water and other components, yielding a spirit typically containing 35–60% alcohol by volume. This spirit is then aged in wooden barrels, which imparts distinct flavors and colors, contributing to the rich and complex profiles characteristic of brandy.
Item No. | ZJBS-300L |
Product name | 300L brandy still |
Capacity | 300L , customizable |
Material | Red copper TP2, SUS304 |
Dimensions | Pot Diameter: 900mm, Height: 2200mm |
Thickness | 3mm |
Appication | To make brandy |
ALEMBIC STYLE
OPTIONAL WINE PRE-HEATER
OPTIONAL COPPER COIL CONDENSER
Some traditional brandy stills will have a large wine pre-heater between the pot still and condenser. The lyne arm passes through the wine pre-heater heating the wine and condensing some of the vapor before it reaches the spirit condenser. The pre-heated wine is then used to fill the pot still for the next distillation. Using a pre-heater will conserve energy and reduce the heat up time of your second run.
The Charentais alembic typically used to make fine Cognac brandy is considered by some to be the most beautiful and graceful of all alembics with its gleaming beaten copper being reminiscent of exotic and far away places. It is comprised of several characteristically shaped pots with onion-shaped copper domes. Wine is placed in the alembic pot and in the onion shaped dome.
As the wine in the pot reaches boiling point the alcoholic vapours collect inside the dome and escape via the swan neck pipe which extends through the onion shaped dome or wine pre-heater to the condensing recipient. The wine in the onion shaped dome is pre-heated by the copper swan neck pipe on route to the condenser.
When the distillation of the wine in the boiler is complete, the wine in the pre-heater (onion-shaped dome) is transferred to the boiler via a connecting tube between the two, and then this is also distilled in what may be considered a semi continuous process. The resultant distillate is then passed to the boiler for a final distillation. The final distillate is then stored in oak casks to naturally pick up colour, flavour and also reduce its alcohol level making the spirit more mellow and polished.
