Irish malt whiskey is distilled in a pot still, which differs from its Scottish equivalent in having a distillation vessel which is a flattened sphere in shape. The Irish pot still also has a longer lyne arm,which is cooled by water in a surrounding tank, the condensate being returned to the distillation vessel. Irish whiskey is distilled times(figure 9.7). The first distillation in the wash' still produces two fractions. The first of these strong low wines is collected for transfer direct to the final'spirit' still, while the second, ‘weak low wines’,is passed to an intermediate'low wines still'. This still also produces two fractions strong feints', which