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A '''still''' is a tool used to [[distillation|distill]] [[miscible]] liquids by heating and then cooling. It has been used to produce [[perfume]] and [[medicine]] and, most famously, to produce [[alcoholdistilled beverage]]s usingcontaining [[fermentation|fermentedalcohol]] fruit juice.

History: see [[distilled beverage]]s

Since alcohol boils at a lower temperature than water, the result is a strong alcoholic drink. Usually a still is made of [[copper]], as it does not give taste to the drink, resists [[acid]], and conducts [[heat]].