Beginners Guide to Whisky Distillation

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In this video, I explore the whisky-making process and how alcohol distillation works in a simple step-by-step guide. The video dives deep into how a Pot Still works vs a Column Still, double vs triple distillation, why stills are made of copper, shell and tube condensers vs whisky worm tub condensers, how a Spirit Safe works and much more!
The great 3D distillation video was created by Olive Ende and can be found here: www.explanation-avenue.shop
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0:00 Distillation explained
2:05 Types of Whiskey stills
2:27 How a Pot Still works
3:33 Reflux and different Still shapes
5:13 Double distillation (Wash still vs Spirit Still)
6:28 Triple distillation benefits (Irish Whiskey)
07:22 How a Column still works
09:51 Why is copper used for whisky stills?
11:36 How Worm Tubs and Shell and Tub Condensers Work
13:49 What Is A Spirit Safe (history)?
14:49 Making the cut: The heads, hearts, and tails
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@FirstPhilWhisky 8 ай бұрын

These unique whisky videos take a long time to make, however that are made possible by my incredible Patreon supporters. To become a supporter, be featured in the credits, and get exclusive content, head to www.patreon.com/firstphilwhisky

@Kevinlivehere 3 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work 🎉

@donmcauslan233 Жыл бұрын

So, so good. You do such a good job of providing a wealth of easily digestible information in such a short space. And holy cow - geometric pot stills - I gotta get my hands on some Waiheke.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Don! Yeah it’s super unique. They use New Zealand peat too, quite different from Islay peat.

@dartthewarrior 10 ай бұрын

Who else came over here from The Whiskey Tribe? Great vid!!!

@FirstPhilWhisky 10 ай бұрын

How good! Great to have you here!

@maritimeus Жыл бұрын

I used to watch the Whiskey Dictionary, but not anymore. You’re channel is better quality. Thanks!

@alexanderlazare8484 Жыл бұрын

The fact you're not the most subscribed Whisky Tuber baffles me. Some media companies don't put out content of this quality.

@donaldbarber7016 3 ай бұрын

He does great work, I'm not a scotch guy mainly bourbon so I've don't follow him religiously but I enjoy some of his videos

@Kevinlivehere 3 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@ivancarrascoq 21 күн бұрын

I have been searching for a channel like this one. It's a great channel! Thank you for posting these videos!👏

@whiskeychicken 9 ай бұрын

Yes, yes, and more yes. So glad the Whiskey Tribe sent me over here. Can't wait to see more!

@j-wang 11 ай бұрын

Gotta love that Logan Roy cameo at 7:53

@jamesmilford2011 2 ай бұрын

Wow what great and informative content with helpful illustrations. Top job mate

@FirstPhilWhisky 2 ай бұрын

Thanks James!

@budj13 Жыл бұрын

You've done it again Phil-- a beautifully produced video that is packed with information that is easily understood. I honestly think you have the content that all whisky enthusiasts should digest and keep as their reference to help others who are interested. I recommend you content to my friends who want to really learn more about whisky and how it is produced. This will be at the top of my "must see" list now. Thanks for all the hard work. The resulting content is brilliant!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bud! That really means a lot!

@konst5353 Жыл бұрын

The quality of your videos is incredible. Keep it up :)

@JC-77 Жыл бұрын

Great video - well expalined! The Craigellachie definitely earned a sub.

@Gary21H 9 ай бұрын

What a fantastic video. I've been trying to learn more about the process and this video explains it so well! Thank you very much for creating this.

@amineshsolanki4011 Ай бұрын

Upload more video on whiskey So I will get more knowledge about it thank you

@davidchorbadzhiev8440 10 ай бұрын

I GAVE THAT MAN THE IDEA.....and he delivered, oh so flawlessly. Do you know that I have been to Scotland now 5 times because of your videos?

@blipojones2114 Жыл бұрын

Man, been getting into whiskey and I'm certain you produce the best content by leagues. I'm shocked you don't have more views and subs.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

@ALHEALY9110 9 ай бұрын

Ooh! I really enjoyed this! Thanks. 💚😎 Only just found you because of Daniel and Rex. Now exploring your stuff. It’s good! Cheers 🥃

@WhiskyBrasil Жыл бұрын

*Great video !!*

@josemigas Жыл бұрын

great job!

@DaveIngelson Жыл бұрын

Wow - such great production value for a KZfaq vid!

@StaticD Жыл бұрын

I always look forward to your videos, you’ve helped me a lot all through my whiskey journey. I’m glad you are back to giving us some solid gems, thanks Phil

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Grateful to have you watching! Cheers!

@yiorgosst6898 Жыл бұрын

Great video mate👍 Thanks!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@starfish258852 Жыл бұрын

wonderfully done Phil, I had a good portionn of Tullamore whilst I watched.

@itsboyata2046 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved this! Top work buddy

@RiskyVentureMinerals 8 ай бұрын

Excellent content as always!

@kebarriere Жыл бұрын

I was researching the difference between column and pot stills in rum production and your video is the clearest and most engaging explanation I've found! Great job!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karl! Made my video for exactly that reason

@primexconnectsalestechnolo8443 19 күн бұрын

Excellent explanation

@michaelhoresh-businesscoac8313 Жыл бұрын

Top class content. Much valued and appreciated

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!

@willemkilian9563 Жыл бұрын

Great distillation video!!! I think all the parts of the whisky-making process are essential to flavour in their own way, and that's the magic of it.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@MrCritterJohn Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic presentation. You did an excellent job and I learned a lot.

@davidcruz1682 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome contect as always, really enjoy your videos!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thank-you David!

@bennyfriis601 Жыл бұрын

Love this video. Great job (again), Phil!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the generous tip Benny! Appreciate it and grateful to have you watching!

@TheThirstyOak Жыл бұрын

Awesome videos. I aspire for my context to be at this level!

@hazydavo Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work 👌👌👌 Thanks!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@petertilsley3015 Жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thanks

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks

@Savepointgaminglounge Жыл бұрын

I could watch this type of thing all day. Thank you for all your hard work. Love this!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sierrastriker77 Жыл бұрын

Excellent stuff here Phil, thank you!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason

@dalmomelo Жыл бұрын

Awesome content as always, Phil. A lot of interesting information in a really cool video. Cheers!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dalmo!

@ashokrajasingh2413 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for a very educational video

@nickcimdins5579 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video - clear, concise and therefore really accessible to those, like me, who don't know a lot about distillation. Thanks.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick! Glad it was helpful

@melissa7867 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful content and video as always!! Cheers Phil!🥃😊

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Melissa!

@McIntyresMalts Жыл бұрын

Great info brother, graphics are better and better. Love your work 🥃

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gareth630 Жыл бұрын

Still great to get a quality refresh into production, nice one Phil.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gareth

@andyreeves8941 Жыл бұрын

Easily my favourite content creator. It definitely helps that I’m a whisky nerd but your stuff is the best Phil! All learning should be like this!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy! Means a lot!

@craigwatson9160 Жыл бұрын

Great content! Amazing presentation! Very Engaging! Thank you!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig!

@vinceandtheresa1243 Жыл бұрын

That was great! Thank you! Love learning about the process. Cheers from Ontario, Canada!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad youe enjoyed it

@ubza1234 Жыл бұрын

Love this video. There are a few things that could be corrected, but over all I really really loved this.

@thewhiskyenthusiast Жыл бұрын

Brilliant Phil, awesome video! This will be a go to video from any one who wants to learn about distilling to people who want to brush up on their knowledge. Great job man, thank you for this!

@146matt 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil, I really enjoyed listening to this 👌

@Koby616 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks, explained me a lot about distilling in pot still. I love your whiskey's reviews too. Hope to see more of those in the future. 😊

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@TheTDA 7 ай бұрын

First class explanation, Man. Thank you

@ImpendingDeathTV 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, cannot describe how qualitative your work is.

@laurentsteck6086 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for those kind of videos! They are perfectly edited and the content is very interesting and usefull. Awsome video as always! Cheets

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Laurent!

@vicentegazali7764 Жыл бұрын

Wooow Phil… you outdid yourself in this one!!! 🤩👏🏼

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

@MongolTier7 Жыл бұрын

This is actually a pretty uncommon knowledge. Well done!

@MARYN0077 Жыл бұрын

Great job Phil as always incredible video including very useful information 👍 I wish you could produce 1 video per week 😀 but maybe in the near future you will. Thank you cheers

@Dirk-Ulowetz 10 ай бұрын

Thanks to Whiskey Tribe for direct me to this chanel. Subscribed. Very interesting stuff.

@FirstPhilWhisky 10 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@seanstacey3223 Жыл бұрын

Nice to have you back Phil and with such a cracking video! Very interesting and informative, looking forward to your next one, keep up the good work! 👍

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean!

@Slo-Mode Жыл бұрын

I really like how you put this video together. The editing and construction is really enjoyable.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Noel!

@diegogallo544 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! i´ve never seen such a digestible way to learn about this stuff! Very, very well done!!! Thank you!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Diego!

@JeffWhisky Жыл бұрын

Dude, this is beyond great. I am far from a smart man about Whisky and this has been the best explanation of the distillation process, better than at Distilleries themselves. Great work buddy and subtle hat movements ;).

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! Appreciate you

@joaoandresilva2953 Жыл бұрын

Hi Phil, I've been a follower for a few years now, but I've never commented due to my poor English. I want to thank you for this video that was extremely enriching and enlightening!! thank you so much I loved the video and it opened up other perspectives on the drink!! hug from Portugal!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much! That means a lot and I appreciate your kinds words

@peterfinucane8122 Жыл бұрын

Good thing you didn't start on Loch Lomond and their more quirky stills and cuts. Good work and very clear to follow.

@tomflinn3652 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Tom!!

@aaronjones7476 Жыл бұрын

I heard the bell 😂 Once again top quality content and production

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Glad it worked! Cheers Aaron!

@peathead4450 Жыл бұрын

Great informative video, Phil. Thanks for sharing. Slàinte mhath

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@1125mikem Жыл бұрын

I love the production process videos. very cool.. and informational. I just toured Buffalo Trace for the 2nd time recently and got to see their brand new column still up close. This video made that experience make alot more sense. Well done!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful for the tour! Cheers!

@davidowen2834 Жыл бұрын

Hi Phil. As always a throughly good, interesting and good explained video. Great to watch. Excellent.👍, slàinte Phil 🥃

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks David! Appreciated

@redsox367 Жыл бұрын

Love this

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew!

@jwebber1234567 10 ай бұрын

Wow - incredible content Phil! I've enjoyed all of your videos and while I think it's great that there are so many wonderful whisky review channels, I feel the in-depth context your channel provides around so many whisky related topics is invaluable to any whisky enthusiast - it's so informative but also presented in a way that's easy to understand.

@FirstPhilWhisky 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! It means a lot and I'm grateful to have you watching

@PaulWalker87 9 ай бұрын

Came here because of The Whiskey Tribe. I am really impressed by your videos! Thanks for putting this out into the world. You got a subscribe from me!

@FirstPhilWhisky 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul!

@lightplays2181 Жыл бұрын

Good job Phil , i like pot still whisky . Cheers !

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@KnickKiller Жыл бұрын

Whisky content on another level.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas! Appreciate it

@thewhiskyscribe Жыл бұрын

I was about to mention the habit of duplicating dents from old stills to new, but of course you’re all over it. If you haven’t seen them yet, you should check out the stills at Manly Spirits Co. (Coastal Stone Whisky) as they were designed by chemical engineers. Great video, and great to see you posting again. Cheers 🥃

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@waljr.1984 4 ай бұрын

Ótima explicação, com os desenhos ajuda muito no entendimento da fabricação! Parabéns

@rares_21 Жыл бұрын

Now, there's a whisky geek 🤔..Great video,thanks for your contribution,Phil!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@rares_21 Жыл бұрын

@@FirstPhilWhisky,speaking of original pot stills, what are your thoughts on Loch lomond 18?

@Roberto.Estelles 6 ай бұрын

Hey there, Phil! I just had to drop by and say a big thank you for that incredible video you shared. 🙌 Your content is a perfect blend of informative and educational, all while keeping it light and funny - it's just my kind of entertainment! Also, the way you put together the video was top-notch, and I couldn't take my eyes off it. I'm eagerly looking forward to more fantastic content like this from you. Keep up the awesome work, and keep those videos coming! 🎉 By the way, this is the first time ever I'm writing a comment on KZfaq - that's how much I loved your video! Cheers!

@FirstPhilWhisky 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the generous comment! Grateful to have you watching Roberto

@nobeliefisok9174 Жыл бұрын

Nice! You used the name I voted for

@craigroberts5965 Жыл бұрын

Phil! I was beginning to worry!

@craigroberts5965 Жыл бұрын

Great video btw.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Me too! Go good to post a video again.

@aglr5848 Жыл бұрын

Would love to have seen you comment more on direct fired stills and the impact of temperature

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Yeah me too. Video was getting too long though.

@spykerf1545 Жыл бұрын

Still by far the best whisky videos out there. I know you have a lot going on, but always look forward to your videos. Cheers!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Means a lot! Thanks!

@benrifkin1981 3 ай бұрын

got a follow you’re cool

@KarmaFlight Жыл бұрын

Drinking Red Breast 12 while watching this. What a joy!

@MrAdomus Жыл бұрын

Whiskeys and guitars are alot alike. Every single element of a guitar changes its sound right down to the type of finish on the body. Just like every single component of a Whiskeys journey will have an effect on it's taste, right down to the angle of the condenser

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@shuboy05 9 ай бұрын

As far as I can tell, six Scotch distilleries are producing triple distilled whisky. Auchentoshan, Benriach, Benromach, Springbank, Bruichladdich, and Rosebank (which has reopened). Bruichladdich has even gone further and made quadruple distilled whisky!

@SketchybrainD 8 ай бұрын

People rarely went blind from homemade alcohol. It’s kind of a lot to explain though.

@davidelourenco2537 Жыл бұрын

We were missing you fella.. Great video!! Just would like to add that those bad components on the foreshots that are discarded, are not created during the distillation. They were there all the time from the fermentation and that is one of the reasons the hangovers from drinking beer or wine are much worst then whisky that can be more due to dehydration - if you keep drinking water you'll be fine in the morning. Cheers!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Ah great point! Thanks Davide

@4everY0UNG88 Жыл бұрын

New video idea. I just told Chat GPT what whiskies I like and it confidently gave recommendations, explaining similarities and complements with other whiskies. Would love to see someone test how accurate it is.

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@upremsundar Жыл бұрын

So, does a column Still have a spirit safe?

@jayasprilla164 Жыл бұрын

i missed you bro

@tedbullpit6164 3 ай бұрын

What's the link below will show misleading information about 4shots

@benrifkin1981 3 ай бұрын

golf ball shaped still with dimples

@marty_sugar Жыл бұрын

👌☝🥃

@Southghost5997 4 ай бұрын

Its the cask

@Jeroenbdesign Жыл бұрын

Why the extremely bad main camera quality?

@MysticDonBlair 9 ай бұрын

A lot of mistakes were made in this explanation 🫢 But it was a beautiful video, and I believe it will help many people gain a better understanding of alcohol production. 😊

@KarmaFlight Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@FirstPhilWhisky Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks so much Michael!