Popular Mechanics names Middle West in top five high-tech distilleries in the world

Written by on March 8, 2012 in Liquor, News - No comments

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Popular Mechanics magazine has named local distillery Middle West Spirits as one of the top five high tech distilleries in the WORLD. THE WORLD!

Middle West joins Kentucky’s Wild Turkey Distillery, Scotland’s Roseisle Distillery, British Columbia’s Pemberton Distillery and Vermont Spirits Distilling.

Ohio’s artisanal microdistillery—the first of its kind in the state—uses a German Kothe pot-combination still in its distillation process. The still features reflux columns, which allow Lang to refine the alcohol by processing through its purer components while emitting less desirable elements. The column is topped with what are called bubble cap trays, which have spaces small large enough to let vapor through but small enough to catch the impurities.

Check out the full feature in Popular Mechanics.

Congrats, MWS!

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Cheryl Harrison. Editor of Drink Up Columbus. Co-Founder of the Columbus Ale Trail.

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