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Zero Copper Distillation Set-up | Mad Lab Distillery (3x29)

Air date: Sep 14, 2021

In this follow-up video of my visit to Mad Lab Distillery, I go over their zero copper distillation set-up. The fermented wash which we saw created in the first video is distilled in batches in their stainless steel still. Their still was lovingly retrofitted together by Scott, the founder of the distillery, who did not have the money to purchase a brand new still when he started Mad Lab. Copper is traditionally the material of choice in still construction, since it is known to remove sulfurous compounds from the distillate. To counteract the lack of copper in their still, Scott devised a complex distillation method to produce a clean tasting spirit. So let me show you their distilling procedure.