Spirit safe II

Spirit safe II

The first liquid to emerge from the spirit condenser as the spirit still is heated is the undesirable foreshots, and these are directed from the spirit safe to the low wines and feints receiver for re-distillation. But gradually the alcohol content reduces and what emerges is the spirit that will end up as Scotch Whisky. The distiller has to judge the right moment to redirect the flow of product to the spirit receiver instead of the low wines receiver. This is when the alcohol content, measured by a hydrometer in the spirit safe, falls to 75%: or when the emerging spirit no longer turns water cloudy, another test conducted remotely inside the spirit safe.