Traditional Alquitar Stills

The Alquitar is one of the oldest and most distinctive still designs in the world, with origins dating back centuries. While less common than traditional alembic or column stills, the Alquitar offers a unique style of distillation that many artisan distillers value for its simplicity and gentle operation.

Its design allows for a slower, warmer distillation process, making it particularly well suited to fruit wines, traditional spirits and heavier botanical materials such as resins, roots and bark.

For distillers interested in creating brandy-style spirits from fruit wines or experimenting with more challenging botanical materials, the Alquitar is often an excellent choice.

Ideal For

• Fruit wines and brandy-style spirits
• Traditional artisan distillation
• Resinous botanicals
• Bark and root distillation
• Small-scale production
• Distillers seeking a slower, gentler process

Why Choose an Alquitar?

The Alquitar’s unique design allows vapour to condense directly within the upper chamber before collection. This traditional method creates a slower distillation process that many distillers find particularly effective when working with heavier botanical materials and fruit-based washes.

Handcrafted in Portugal using traditional copperworking techniques, these beautiful stills combine centuries of distilling heritage with practical modern use.

Not Sure If an Alquitar Is Right For You?

If your focus is hydrosols and essential oils, a traditional alembic or column still may be a better option.

However, if you’re interested in fruit spirits, traditional distillation methods or working with resins, roots and bark, an Alquitar could be exactly what you’re looking for.

Feel free to get in touch if you’d like help choosing the right still for your distillation goals.