Spirits & Distilling

still head

From The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails

, also known as, among many other things, the “onion,” is the bulbous top of a pot still, from which the alcohol-rich vapor is drawn off for condensation. See also distillation; distillation, history; and still, pot.See also distillation; distillation, history;, still, pot.

This definition is from The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, edited by David Wondrich (Editor-in-Chief) and Noah Rothbaum (Associate Editor).