Why Copper Still Reigns Over Stainless
Stainless is cheaper. Copper is better. Here's the chemistry behind the tradition.
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Alchemist G. G. Wilkins
Copper isn't just tradition — it's chemistry. As vapor moves through a copper still, the metal binds with sulfur compounds that would otherwise make your spirit taste of rotten egg.
Stainless steel is inert: easy to clean, but it does nothing to improve the spirit. That's why even modern commercial distilleries keep copper in the vapor path.
Buy American-made heavy copper and it becomes a lifetime tool — and a better-tasting one.