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What is an alembic?

What is an alembic? Here are some definitions.

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  1. An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation
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The complete double alembic set includes the traditional swan neck pipe and condensing unit with serpentine coil.
The distillation takes the form of two heatings, following a traditional method, and using the alembic.
Whipping our group past mash tuns and alembic condensers, the guide points us towards the main event, the tasting room.
Irish monks also found a different use for the alembic stills that had been used to make perfume in the Middle East since the fourth century.
Alkali, algorithm, alembic, and almanac entered the English lexicon about the same time.
A French physician, who travelled in China, says he never saw an alembic or distillatory apparatus in the whole country.

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