Title: Potable spirit production
Application Number: 87100320 Application Date: 1987.01.17
Publication Number: 1012773 Publication Date: 1987.08.19
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: C12G3/12
Applicant(s) Name: The Distillers Co. PLC. (GB) 33 Ellersley Road, Ed Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Albert Turner Young
Attorney & Agent: YANG JIANXIA
Abstract:
    A method of producing a potable spirit comprises removing water from a fermented wash containing ethanol, water and congeners to produce a substantially water-free mixture of ethanol and congeners, and then fractionally distilling this water-free mixture of ethanol and congeners in the absence of water to produce a fraction containing substantially pure water-free potable ethanol. Preferably the fractional distillation is carried out in separate topping and tailing columns. This method provides an energy efficient separation of the ethanol and congeners.
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