Talk:Pot still

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[edit] Merge with alembic

Pot still and alembic refers to the exact same object and there is no reason to maintain both articles--DagI 09:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

To future readers: see discussion at Talk:Alembic for more. --Alex S 04:39, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

The whisky safe is no longer locked for excise reasons. It was a glass cabinet which had handles from the outside which worked a mechanism to allow an operator to divert the flow of distilled liquid to control and monitor the distillation process. It was locked with a padlock by the customs and excise people to prevent whisky being sold without duty paid.

However, nowadays the customs people simply use the weight of grain bought as a reckoner to how much whisky is sold, so there is no need for the whisky safe, and the distillery themselves hold the keys.

194.6.107.209 09:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)Jethro

[edit] Possible terminology error

In the first paragraph, this article describes mash going into the still in the case of the distillation of Scotch whisky, but I believe mash refers to the unfermented liquid. The wash is the liquid which is distilled. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.168.88.197 (talk) 01:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)