THE KNOWLEDGE • 9


COPPER TOPS ~ 1 Copper


has antibacterial properties. In one study from the Centre for Applied Microbiology & Research, it took a strain of E. coli bacteria 34 days to die on steel, but just four hours to expire on copper.


2 Typically, the thickness of a still’s base is six millimetres at the base and up to the shoulder. From the shoulder upwards, the thickness is four millimetres.


3 Copper is number 29 in the periodic table and is represented by the symbol Cu.


THE SCOTCH MALT WHISKY SOCIETY


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36