The Story of our Still

Our still was designed and constructed by the founders of Second Sight Spirits, Rick Couch and Carus Waggoner. Combining engineering and industrial design, the still is both a work of art and a fully functional still. Construction of our still began in Bucyrus, Ohio at D. Picking & Company (now called Bucyrus Copper Kettle Works). This company had been making copper kettles since the Civil War, and we figured it was a great place to start. All of the large copper pieces were finished within a few months and then it was time for us to get to work. After search many hours on Craigslist, Carus found a large stainless steel pot from a guy in Tennessee. Rick found a large crystal ball from a company that makes street light replacement parts. We hammered internal parts of the column from sheets of copper and bent 30 feet of pipe for the worm inside the crystal ball. The pictures below show the progression of the creation of our still.