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• The Process
• Malting
• Cereals Intake
• Mashing
• Fermentation
• Distillation
• Maturation

Distillation

• Grain spirit is distilled using a 'Coffey' Still.
• The Coffey Still was invented by Robert Stein, a Clackmananshire distiller.  However, the design was patented in 1831 by a Dublin excise man named Aeneas Coffey, hence the name.
• The NB's three Coffey stills are identical, and each is fed continuously with between 35,000 - 40,000 litres of wash per hour, producing spirit at strength of 94.5% alcohol.