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Trivia Time! Ever wonder why there are always “X”s on the side of olde tyme moonshine jugs?
Believe it or not, there is a practical reason. Each one of those “X”s indicates a pass through the still. Each run strips more non-ethanol components out of the spirit, making it higher proof and making it taste “cleaner”; some might say stripping the flavor out though. It is a matter of taste. Either way, a triple distilled “XXX” jug o’ shine will be high proof and should be close to flavorless, but is usually just referred to as “the good stuff”.
Trivia Time! Ever wonder why there are always "X"s on the side of olde tyme moonshine jugs? Believe it or not, there is a practical reason. Each one of those "X"s indicates a pass through the still. Each run strips more non-ethanol components out of the spirit, making it…
I was just doing some digging on local distilleries and came across this crazy map from 1875 (see image below). One of many things I found amazing was that there were 21 (!) distilleries in Albemarle county (red stars) when the population was only 27,544 people. If the distillery to…
C'ville weekly took an interest in how things were coming together at Vitae Spirits. Take a look in this weeks edition. It's a good write up. We need to send out special thanks to some of the folks that are making the startup possible that weren't mentioned in the article,…
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Vitae Spirits Distillery was recentely featured ini NPR's The Salt on September 16, 2014, A Scientist's Journey From Beer To Microbiology To Bourbon-Making
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