As incongruous as it might seem, wooden distilling vessels appeared in the 12th century at the advent of liquor distillation in Europe. This excludes wooden condensers, or flake stands containing metal worms, in use since the early 15th century. Wooden stills remained a valued and common material in many countries into the 20th century. Until the 1930s, the bulk of grain whisky
THE WOODEN AGE
Mar 31, 2023
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