Copperholic's Still Stories: Craft and Guides

Copperholic's Still Stories: Craft and Guides

Traditional copper alembic still showing onion dome head and swan neck

Alembic Still vs Pot Still: What's Actually Dif...

Every alembic is a pot still. Not every pot still is an alembic. "Pot still" is the family name for any still that distills one batch at a time from...

Alembic Still vs Pot Still: What's Actually Dif...

Every alembic is a pot still. Not every pot still is an alembic. "Pot still" is the family name for any still that distills one batch at a time from...

Side view of hammered 1mm copper wall on a 10 gallon alembic still

What Gauge Copper for a Still? Thickness, Weigh...

For a home copper still, the answer is about 1 mm of copper. Thinner than roughly 0.6 mm and the pot dents easily and develops hot spots; much past 1.2...

What Gauge Copper for a Still? Thickness, Weigh...

For a home copper still, the answer is about 1 mm of copper. Thinner than roughly 0.6 mm and the pot dents easily and develops hot spots; much past 1.2...

Hand-hammered 1mm copper boiler of a CopperHolic alembic still

How Long Does a Copper Still Last? Decades, Wit...

A well-kept copper still lasts decades, and it is not close. Copper does not rust, the working parts have no motor or electronics to fail, and the traditional alembic design...

How Long Does a Copper Still Last? Decades, Wit...

A well-kept copper still lasts decades, and it is not close. Copper does not rust, the working parts have no motor or electronics to fail, and the traditional alembic design...

CopperHolic 5 litre copper alembic still used for hydrosol distillation

Onion Hydrosol: What It Is, Why It's Trending, ...

Onion hydrosol is the water that comes off a still when you distill onion. It is clear, it smells strongly of onion when fresh, and it has become a search...

Onion Hydrosol: What It Is, Why It's Trending, ...

Onion hydrosol is the water that comes off a still when you distill onion. It is clear, it smells strongly of onion when fresh, and it has become a search...

The CopperHolic copper alembic still family: 5 litre, 5 gallon and 10 gallon

What a Copper Still Cannot Make (and What to Do...

The complete honest list of what a pot still cannot produce, why the physics says no, and what to make instead. Fewer returns, better first runs.

What a Copper Still Cannot Make (and What to Do...

The complete honest list of what a pot still cannot produce, why the physics says no, and what to make instead. Fewer returns, better first runs.

Copper alembic still surrounded by mint, cinnamon and herbs, the instrument of the arq tradition

Arq: The Thousand-Year Tradition of Distilled H...

Arq-e-gulab, arq-e-badiyan, aqua foeniculi: two continents ran the same copper-still pharmacy for a thousand years. The tradition behind every hydrosol you make.

Arq: The Thousand-Year Tradition of Distilled H...

Arq-e-gulab, arq-e-badiyan, aqua foeniculi: two continents ran the same copper-still pharmacy for a thousand years. The tradition behind every hydrosol you make.