Author Question: Explain the distillation process? What will be an ideal ... (Read 35 times)

jayhills49 · **on:** Aug 10, 2018

Explain the distillation process?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A significant difference between Cognac and Armagnac is?

a. Cognac is single distilled where Armagnac is double-distilled
b. They derive from separate regions in France
c. Cognac is double-distilled where Armagnac is single-distilled
d. Both answers b and c.

shaikhs · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Distillation is simply a reduction of a liquid that has been boiled until the volume is reduced via evaporation and in the process increases the vapors alcohol content. Alcohol is not created by distillationinstead, it merely concentrates and purifies the alcohol. Initially, a fermented beverage, known as a wash or mash, is heated to the boiling point within a still (the device used to distill the beverage). Since the two significant variants of the wash (water and ethanol) will vaporize and condense at different temperaturesthe ethanol will vaporize and then recondensed to create a new mixture which can be further aged and/or flavored by the distiller.

Answer to Question 2

D