Mitchell Distillery
Distillation
Process
1
Botanicals
Botanicals are foraged from the rainforest.
25 botanicals total
17 native botanicals
25 botanicals total
17 native botanicals
2
Fill Still
Fill still with neutral wheat spirit and spring water from Mt. Warning
3
Maceration
Add dried botanicals to still and hot steep for 24 hours
4
Babylon Bags
Vapour infusion of floral & berry botanicals through our “Babylon Bags”
5
Slow Distillation
Vapour slowly rises up the copper still through the swan neck and down the lyne arm
6
Native Ginger
Native Ginger is added to the botanical basket in the lyne arm
3 Points of Infusion
- Maceration of dried botanicals
- Vapour Infusion with Babylon Bags
- Vapour Infusion with Native Ginger
7
Condensing
Hot spirit vapour enters the condenser. Cold water condenses vapour into liquid
8
Cuts
Spirit drops into the spirit safe where the cuts are made
8.5
Heads & Tails
Heads and tails of the spirit are repurposed
9
Mt. Warning Spring Water
Mt. Warning spring water is added to dilute spirit to 46%
10
Bottling & Labelling
Spirit is carefully bottled and labelled by hand
11
Cheers!
Enjoy the fruits of the distillation : a world-class Mitchell Distillery vodka, crafted from 25 rainforest botanicals.