Despite the suggestive bottle, it has been suggested that the distillery uses a column still for the primary distillation, with the copper pot used secondarily to further distill the spirit.

In his latest blog post for Whisky Magazine, Ardgowan CEO Martin McAdam reflects the arrival of the copper giants central to ...

Unlike pot stills, which distilled in batches ... three working Coffey stills in the world made entirely of copper (today’s column stills are generally stainless steel lined inside with copper).