DISTILLATION ACT 1901 (REPEALED)

PART I - INTRODUCTORY  

SECTION 5 (Repealed by 74 of 2006)  

5   ORDINARY COURSE OF DISTILLATION  
For convenience in interpreting this Act the present ordinary course of and in connexion with the distillation of spirits is outlined as follows:

(i) The material is mashed in a mash tun. The liquor product is wort;

(ii) The wort is fermented in a back. The liquor product is wash;

(iii) The wash is distilled in a still by heating to evaporation and condensing the vapor. The liquor product is spirits and the residue of the wash is spent wash;

(iv) The spirits pass into a receiver which may be of three kinds:

(a) Low wines receiver for the receipt of low wines. These are spirits of the first extraction requiring further distillation. All spirits received into a low wines receiver are low wines;

(b) Feints receiver for the receipt of feints. These may include low wines and are spirits requiring further distillation. All spirits received into a feints receiver are feints;

(c) Spirits receiver for the receipt of spirits not requiring further distillation;

(v) When liquor has been previously fermented it can be immediately utilized as wash.