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What is stillage?

Water and mash left after distillation
Name the technique used in distillation to control which elements of the liquid are passed on to the condenser

Reflux
Name the pipe connecting the plates in a column still

Downcomer Pipe
What does ardent spirits mean?

Historical name for spirits: ardent comes from the Latin ardere which means "to burn"
What is the derivation for the word distill?

Latin for destillare which means "trickle down"
What does alembic mean?

Still: term attributed to 10th century Arabian alchemist Albukassen; distillation was also described by Majorcan chemist Raymon Llull in 13th century
T or F? The Arabic method of distillation was transmitted to western Europe through the Moorish invasions

True: Visigothic Spain was invaded by north African Berbers in 711; Spain was ruled by the Emirate of Cordoba from 756 to 929 and then by the caliph of Córdoba until 1031. Then the Almoravides and later the Almohads brought religious tolerance to an end. Medieval Spain was constant warfare between Muslims and Christians. By 1250 nearly all of Spain was back under Christian rule.

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