Description
Plate column: a Distillation culinary technique.
Technical
A plate column is equipment used in chemistry to carry out unit operations where it is necessary to transfer mass between a liquid phase and a gas phase. In other words, it is a particular gas-liquid contactor. The peculiarity of this gas-liquid contactor is that the gas comes in contact with liquid through different stages; each stage is delimited by two plates.
Sensory Profile
Aroma ()
alcoholfruityfloral
Wine Analogy
Similar to the fractionating process in brandy distillation
Coffee Analogy
Resembles the multi-stage extraction in cold brew towers
Perfume Analogy
Comparable to essential oil fractionation in perfumery
Origin & History
Civilization
Ancient Greeks
Era
5th century BCE
Region
Mediterranean
Spread Path
Trade and colonization
Culinary Applications
Chinese BaijiuChinaMulti-stage distillation of fermented grains
Caribbean RumJamaicaFractional distillation of molasses wash
French AbsintheSwitzerland/FrancePrecise separation of botanicals
Dietary
VeganVegetarianGluten-FreeHalalKosher