A Lomond still is a type of
still
A still is an apparatus used to distillation, distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively Boiling, boil and then cooling to Condensation, condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic Distillation#Laboratory_procedures, ...
that was sometimes used for whisky distillation, invented in 1955 by Alistair
Cunningham of
Hiram Walker
Hiram Walker (July 4, 1816 – January 12, 1899) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Walker was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838. He p ...
. It is used for batch distillation like a
pot still
A pot still is a type of distillation apparatus or still used to distill liquors such as whisky or brandy. In modern (post-1850s) practice, they are not used to produce rectified spirit, because they do not separate congeners from ethanol as ...
, but has three perforated plates which can be cooled independently, controlling the reflux through the apparatus in a manner similar to
coffey still Coffey may refer to:
People
* Coffey (surname) Coffey (, ) is an Irish surname, from the Gaelic Irish Ó Cobhthaigh. Ó Cobhthaigh was the name of an Irish people, Irish Brehon family from County Westmeath and County Longford. They were known as th ...
s. This allows the distiller to produce different kinds of whisky in the same still. Lomond stills, despite their name, have never been used at the
Loch Lomond distillery
Loch Lomond distillery is a Highland single malts, Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery in Alexandria, Scotland, near Loch Lomond.
History
The first site of the former Loch Lomond Distillery dates back to 1814, sited at the north end of ...
only at the Hiram Walker
Glenburgie,
Miltonduff
Miltonduff is a hamlet 1.5 miles southwest of Elgin, Moray, Elgin and is in the Scottish council area of Moray.
History
The village contains a 17th or 18th century rectangular dovecote. The dovecote is Category C listed and was restored in 1970 ...
,
Inverleven and
Scapa distilleries. (Loch Lomond uses a straight necked pot still design). For a time, the only remaining Lomond still was in the Scapa distillery, where it is used as a wash still, in combination with a traditional pot still. In 2010,
Bruichladdich distillery installed the original still salvaged from the demolished
Inverleven distillery as a gin still. In 2015 new Lomond stills were installed at InchDairnie distillery.
Loch Lomond Distillery has Lomond Stills installed, though it is unknown how long they have been there.
References
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Distillation