Spent Beer See stillage. Safe A glass fronted box through which spirit passes as it comes off the still. Steep Vessel in which barley is steeped in cold water to begin germination. Stillage In North America, the residue at the bottom of a still after fermentation, containing solids but no alcohol. Sweet Mash In North America, mash containing no backset.
Tails See feints.
Thin Stillage Stillage with the solids removed. Uisge Beatha Gaelic for 'water of life', in time abbreviated and corrupted to 'whisky'. Vatted Malt Malt whisky blended from several distilleries. Vatted malts contain no grain whisky. Vatting The blending of malt or grain whiskies from different distilleries.