Aeneas Coffey (1780-1852) was born in Calais, France where he spent his early years. Calais (kaˈlɛ in English often kæˈleɪ traditional English pronunciation /ˈkælɨs/ Kales is a town in northern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. His family returned to Dublin (both his parents were Irish), where he was educated at Trinity College. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Trinity College Dublin ( TCD; Irish Coláiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath; Latin: Collegium Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae He entered the excise servce around 1799-1800 as a guager. He married Susanna Logie in 1808 and they had a son, also named Aeneas, who may have been their only child.
According to British customs and excise records, he was appointed sub-commissioner of Inland Excise and Taxes for the district of Drogeda in 1813, and was eventually promoted to Inspector General of Excise in Ireland. He resigned from the service at his own request in 1824.
He invented the Coffey still, a revoluntionary distilling apparatus. A column still, also called a continuous still, patent still or Coffey still, is a variety of Still that consists of two Columns invented Early Coffey stills produced 60% over proof spirit. Modern versions can achieve 66-68% over proof, approximately 95. 6% v/v pure alcohol. As alcohol forms an azeotrope with water at this concentration, it is impossible to achieve higher purity alcohol by distillation alone. An azeotrope (pronounced
On his retirement from service, Coffey went into the distilling business and for a short time ran the Dock Distillery in Grand Canal Street, Dublin.
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References
- Irish Whiskey - A 1000 Year Tradition ISBN 0-86278-228-7
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