CN220503002U - Raw material curing device for white spirit production - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a raw material curing device for white spirit production, which belongs to the technical field of white spirit brewing and comprises a heating pot, a steamer pot and a steamer cover, wherein the steamer pot is arranged above the heating pot; a plurality of circular grates are arranged in the steamer, the circular grates are arranged in the steamer at intervals along the vertical direction, and the steam pipe penetrates through the circle centers of the circular grates. According to the utility model, steam is directly conveyed to the lower part of each layer of grate through the steam pipe, and raw materials on the multi-layer grate are directly heated and cured, so that the curing degrees of the raw materials with different heights are kept consistent, the problems that the upper, middle and lower heating degrees of grains are inconsistent when a large amount of raw materials are treated at one time, the later fermentation process is influenced, the taste and the wine yield are influenced, and the problem that no wine or fermented grains are bad can be caused under serious conditions are solved, and the method has wide popularization and application values in the technical field of white wine brewing.

Description

Raw material curing device for white spirit production

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of white spirit brewing technology, in particular to white spirit raw material curing equipment.

Background

The white spirit is prepared with cereal as main material, daqu, xiaoqu, bran koji, enzyme preparation, yeast, etc. as saccharifying ferment, and through steaming, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, ageing and blending.

The large Qu Kunsha process for producing the sauce wine needs to repeatedly cook raw materials to ensure that the yeast adding fermentation can accelerate saccharification reaction after the grains are cooked, the grains can be heated uniformly by high fire, and expansion is easier to form in the cooking process to cause starch chain breakage, so that the broken starch chain can be easily decomposed into sugar for yeast to generate alcohol, but when the grains after soaking are put into a steamer, the old master of years of experience is needed to judge the thickness and shape of the spread grains, the middle low and high side spread grain mode is selected to ensure that the two chambers are loose and not agglomerated, meanwhile, the thickness is not too thick, otherwise, the maturity of the grains at different heights is inconsistent, so that the gelatinization degree is different, the quantity is unfavorable to be too much in each time of steaming, the cooking time is increased, and the time cost and the labor cost are increased; such as Chinese patent number: the utility model discloses a raw materials processing apparatus that cooks for making wine includes steamer pot, steaming board, fixing device, stop device and lid, be equipped with steaming board, fixing device and lid on the steamer pot, the last stop device that is equipped with of fixing device, the steamer pot comprises the pot body, the bracing piece, the fixed axle, the fixed block, the link, connecting block and connecting axle, steaming board comprises first baffle, second baffle and connecting pipe, fixing device comprises stopper, handle and pivot, stop device comprises snap ring and spacing axle, the lid comprises connecting pipe and gas gathering pipe, can process the main material auxiliary material of white spirit simultaneously, save production time, reduce personnel's work load.

However, in the actual use process of the conventional cooking processing device, the high-temperature steam firstly contacts the lowest grain in the process of upwards drifting from the bottom, then moves upwards, so that the heating time and the heating temperature of grains at the same height are inconsistent, and the gelatinization degree of the principle is different, so that the grains cannot be too thick to process a large amount of raw materials at one time during spreading, otherwise, the heating conditions of the raw materials at different heights are greatly different, the gelatinization degree of the grains after cooking is different, the problems of influencing the later fermentation process, influencing the taste and the wine yield and possibly not producing wine or fermented grains with bad acid exist, and for this reason, a white spirit raw material curing device capable of simultaneously cooking multiple layers, keeping the heating time and the heating temperature of each layer consistent, keeping the gelatinization degree of the grains the same, shortening the cooking time and improving the white spirit production quality is designed.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a raw material curing device for white spirit production, which comprises a heating pot, a steaming pot and a steaming cover, wherein the steaming pot is arranged above the heating pot; a plurality of circular grates are arranged in the steamer, the circular grates are arranged in the steamer at intervals along the vertical direction, and the steam pipe penetrates through the circle centers of the circular grates.

The raw material curing device for white spirit production provided by the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

the raw materials on the multi-layer grate are directly heated and cured under the grate which is directly conveyed to each layer through the steam pipe, so that the curing degrees of the raw materials with different heights can be kept consistent, the problem that the gelatinization degree of grains is inconsistent in the upper, middle and lower directions when a large amount of raw materials are processed at one time is solved, the later fermentation process is influenced, the taste and the wine yield are influenced, and the problem that no wine or fermented grains are sour is possibly caused under serious conditions is solved.

Preferably, the grate consists of two semicircular grate plates, and the two grate plates are rotationally connected through a connecting shaft.

The two semicircular grate plates form the grate, so that grains to be steamed are not affected, and the steamed grains can be discharged downwards once after being steamed and rotated around the rotating shaft through the grate plates.

Preferably, the inner wall of the steamer is provided with a plurality of annularly arranged sliding grooves, and limit posts are arranged in the sliding grooves; the steamer pot is equipped with the swivel becket on the same horizontal position with the sliding tray outward, is equipped with the spliced pole on the swivel becket, has the supporting shoe on the spliced pole, is equipped with the connecting hole on the supporting shoe, and the connecting hole on the supporting shoe rotates with the spliced pole on the swivel becket to be connected, and one side of keeping away from the connecting hole on the supporting shoe is equipped with the spout, and the spout cover is established in the spacing post outside.

The grate of each layer is supported by the supporting blocks, the orientation of the supporting blocks is controlled by rotating the supporting blocks and simultaneously the rings, so that the supporting blocks can support the grate and grains on the grate when pointing to the central axis of the steamer, and the grate is not supported when the supporting blocks are tangential to the steamer.

Preferably, the diameters of the connecting shafts on each layer of the grate are different, and the diameter of the connecting shaft with the higher horizontal position is larger; the steamer side wall still is equipped with two opposite direction setting and vertical ladder groove, and the ladder groove is the head and the tail intercommunication of the groove of a plurality of different width, and the width in horizontal position is the greater the groove, and the quantity in groove is the same with the quantity of comb, and the connecting axle in same position is the same with the width in ladder groove.

Connecting shafts with different diameters are placed through stepped grooves with different widths, so that the grate is supported through the stepped grooves conveniently. Prevent the grate from falling downwards, and simultaneously, the function of the grate rotating around the rotating shaft is not affected.

Preferably, the straight line edge of the grate plate is provided with an arc-shaped guard plate, and the radius of the arc-shaped guard plate is the same as that of the steam pipe.

The circular sleeve formed by the mutual lamination of the two arc guard plates is convenient for supporting the grate to place the grate for reverse rotation, and simultaneously can effectively prevent grain raw materials from falling into gaps between the grate and the steam pipe when the raw materials are spread on the grate, and in addition, the thickness of the grain spread is conveniently judged by the height of the exposed surface of the raw materials through the arc guard plates, so that the thickness of the grain spread of each layer is kept consistent, and the grain spread is prevented from being too thick or too thin.

Preferably, the steam pipe is provided with a plurality of layers of annularly arranged ventilation openings, and when the steamer pot is placed in the heating pot and a plurality of layers of grates are placed in the steamer pot, the grates are positioned above the ventilation holes.

The ventilation port is convenient for collecting part of steam generated in the heating pot through the collecting cover, and then the steam is directly conveyed to the lower part of each layer of grate through the ventilation port on the steam pipe for steaming grains, so that the curing degree of raw materials on each layer of grate is kept consistent.

Preferably, a groove is arranged on the outer side of the top of the steamer, and the width of the groove is the same as the thickness of the lower end of the steamer cover.

The steamer cover is convenient to place through the groove, and steam leakage during steaming is prevented.

Preferably, the top of the steamer cover is provided with a handle.

The steamer cover is conveniently opened or covered by the handle.

Preferably, the bottom side of the collecting cover is provided with a plurality of water permeable holes.

The height of water in the heating pot is kept consistent at the inner side and the outer side of the collecting cover through the water permeable holes, so that the inner side and the outer side of the collecting cover can synchronously generate steam all the time.

Preferably, the maximum annular outer diameter of the heating pipe is smaller than the inner diameter of the steamer, and the outer diameter of the steamer is the same as the inner diameter of the heating pot.

The steam generated in the heating pot can be completely filled into the steamer, and meanwhile, the steamer can be stably placed.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following description will briefly explain the drawings needed in the embodiments or the prior art, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present utility model and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a heating pan according to the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the utility model from a back view of the support block supporting the grate;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view from above when the support blocks are no longer supporting the grate in the present utility model;

fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the structure at a in fig. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of the retort of the present utility model;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the structure of the grate of the present utility model;

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the present utility model in the discharge;

FIG. 10 is a top view of the present utility model in discharge;

fig. 11 is a schematic view showing a connection structure of a rotating ring and a supporting block in the present utility model.

Reference numerals: 1-heating pot, 11-heating pipe, 12-collecting cover, 121-water permeable hole, 13-steam pipe, 131-ventilation port, 2-steamer pot, 21-grate, 211-grate plate, 212-connecting shaft, 213-arc guard plate, 22-sliding groove, 23-limit column, 24-rotating ring, 241-connecting column, 25-supporting block, 251-connecting hole, 252-chute, 26-ladder groove, 27-lifting buckle, 28-groove, 3-steamer cover and 31-handle.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to fig. 1 to 11, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Example 1

1-11, the embodiment is a raw material curing device for white spirit production, which comprises a heating pot 1, a steamer pot 2 and a steamer cover 3, wherein the steamer pot 2 is arranged above the heating pot 1, the steamer cover 3 is arranged at the top of the steamer pot 2, a heating pipe 11 and a collecting cover 12 are arranged at the inner bottom of the heating pot 1, the heating pipe 11 is annularly arranged along the bottom of the heating pot 1, the axle center of the collecting cover 12 coincides with the axle center of the heating pot 1, and a steam pipe 13 is arranged at the top of the collecting cover 12; the steamer 2 is internally provided with a plurality of circular grates 21, the circular grates 21 are arranged at intervals in the vertical direction in the steamer 2, the steam pipe 13 passes through the circle centers of the circular grates 21, the steam pipe 13 directly and orderly conveys the raw materials on the multi-layer grates 21 to the lower part of each layer of grate 21 so as to directly heat and cure the raw materials on the multi-layer grates 21, the curing degree of the raw materials at different heights is kept consistent, the problems that the later fermentation process, the taste and the wine yield are influenced, and the problem that the wine or the fermented grains are bad can not be caused under serious conditions due to inconsistent heating degrees of grains during one-time treatment of a large amount of raw materials are solved.

Referring to fig. 8, 9 or 10, in this embodiment, the grate 21 is formed by two semicircular grate plates 211, the two grate plates 211 are rotatably connected by a connecting shaft 212, and the two semicircular grate plates 211 form the grate 21, so that the steamed grain is not affected by the food to be steamed, and the steamed grain can be discharged downwards once after being steamed by rotating the grate plates 211 around the rotating shaft.

Referring to fig. 4-6, in this embodiment, the inner wall of the steamer 2 is provided with a plurality of annularly arranged sliding grooves 22, and limiting columns 23 are arranged in the sliding grooves 22; the steamer 2 is equipped with the swivel becket 24 with all on the same horizontal position of sliding tray 22, be equipped with spliced pole 241 on the swivel becket 24, there is supporting shoe 25 on the spliced pole 241, be equipped with connecting hole 251 on the supporting shoe 25, connecting hole 251 on the supporting shoe 25 is connected with spliced pole 241 rotation on the swivel becket 24, one side that keeps away from connecting hole 251 on the supporting shoe 25 is equipped with spout 252, spout 252 cover is established in spacing post 23 outside, support the comb 21 of each layer through supporting shoe 25, control the orientation of supporting shoe 25 through rotating the ring simultaneously, make supporting shoe 25 point to the grain on comb 21 when steamer 2 axis simultaneously, then no longer support the comb 21 when supporting shoe 25 is tangent with steamer 2.

Referring to fig. 2 or 7 or 9, in the present embodiment, the diameters of the connecting shafts 212 on the grate 21 are different in each layer, and the diameter of the connecting shaft 212 is larger as the horizontal position is higher; the side wall of the steamer 2 is also provided with two opposite vertical stepped grooves 26, the stepped grooves 26 are communicated end to end through grooves with different widths, the width of the grooves at the horizontal position is larger, the number of the grooves is the same as that of the grates 21, the connecting shafts 212 at the same position are the same as the width of the stepped grooves 26, and the connecting shafts 212 with different diameters are placed through the stepped grooves 26 with different widths, so that the grates 21 are supported through the stepped grooves 26. The grate 21 is prevented from falling down without affecting the function of the grate 21 to rotate about the rotation axis.

Referring to fig. 8, in this embodiment, arc guard plates 213 are disposed on the straight edges of the grate plate 211, the radius of each arc guard plate 213 is the same as that of the steam pipe 13, and two arc guard plates 213 are mutually bonded to form a circular sleeve, so that the grate 21 is supported to place the grate 21 for reverse rotation, and meanwhile, grain raw materials can be effectively prevented from falling into gaps between the grate 21 and the steam pipe 13 when raw materials are spread on the grate 21, and in addition, the thickness of the spread grains can be conveniently judged by the height of the arc guard plates 213 exposing the surface of the raw materials, so that the thickness of each layer of spread grains is kept consistent, and the spread grains are prevented from being too thick or too thin.

Referring to fig. 2, in this embodiment, the steam pipe 13 is provided with a plurality of layers of annularly arranged ventilation openings 131, when the steamer 2 is placed in the heating pan 1, and a plurality of layers of the grate 21 are placed in the steamer 2, the grate 21 is located above the ventilation holes, and part of steam generated in the heating pan 1 is conveniently collected by the collecting cover 12 through the ventilation openings 131 and then directly conveyed to the lower part of each layer of grate 21 through the ventilation openings 131 on the steam pipe 13 for steaming grains, so that the curing degree of raw materials on each layer of grate 21 is kept consistent.

Referring to fig. 9, in the present embodiment, a groove 28 is provided on the outer side of the top of the retort 2, the width of the groove 28 is the same as the thickness of the lower end of the retort cover 3, and the retort cover 3 is conveniently placed through the groove 28, and steam leakage during cooking is prevented.

Referring to fig. 1 or 4 or 5 or 7 or 10, in this embodiment, a handle 31 is provided on the top of the retort cover 3, so that the retort cover 3 can be opened or closed by the handle 31.

Referring to fig. 2 or 3, in the present embodiment, a plurality of water permeable holes 121 are formed in the bottom side surface of the collecting hood 12, and the height of water in the heating pan 1 is kept uniform inside and outside the collecting hood 12 by the water permeable holes 121, so that the inside and outside of the collecting hood 12 can always generate steam simultaneously.

Referring to fig. 2, in this embodiment, the heating pipe 11 has a ring-shaped maximum outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the retort 2, and the outer diameter of the retort 2 is the same as the inner diameter of the heating pot 1, so that the steam generated in the heating pot 1 can be completely introduced into the retort 2, and at the same time, the retort 2 can be stably placed.

Example 2

When the heating device is used, a proper amount of water is heated in the heating pot 1, and then the water starts to be heated until steam is generated when the heating pipe 11 is electrified;

the lowest rotating ring 24 is rotated on the steamer 2 firstly, the rotating ring 24 rotates to drive the supporting block 25 connected with the rotating ring 24 to synchronously rotate, the supporting block 25 is limited by the sliding groove 22 when rotating in the sliding groove 22, the supporting block 25 rotates around the connecting column 241, when the circle centers of the limiting column 23, the connecting column 241 and the steamer 2 are positioned on the same straight line, the supporting block 25 stops rotating under the limitation of the width of the sliding groove 22, the supporting ring rotates to a position pointing to the axis of the steamer 2 and exposes the side wall of the steamer 2, then the connecting shaft 21 with the smallest diameter of the connecting shaft 212 is placed, the connecting shaft 212 on the grate 21 is downwards placed along the stepped groove 26, the connecting shaft 212 is supported by the lowest stepped groove 26 to prevent the grate 21 from continuously falling, the periphery of the grate 21 is supported by the supporting block 25 exposing the steamer 2, two wall plates are spliced and kept in a complete round shape, then a small amount of rice hulls are paved on the deposited grate 21, and grains after water are sprinkled;

the rotary ring 24 is rotated from bottom to top in sequence and then is put into the grate 21 along the stepped groove 26, the grate 21 with the connecting shafts 212 with different diameters is placed through the different widths of the stepped groove 26, the grate 21 is prevented from falling down to keep the intervals among the plurality of the grate 21 consistent, and the periphery of the grate 21 is supported by the supporting blocks 25 to form a finished circle so as to be convenient for laying rice hulls and grains after soaking water; after grains are spread on the uppermost layer of the grate 21, the steamer cover 3 is covered on the top of the steamer 2 through the handle 31, so that the lower end of the steamer cover 3 is put into the groove 28 on the top of the steamer 2;

after water in the pot 1 to be heated is heated to start steam feeding, lifting buckles 27 on two sides of the steamer pot 2 are hooked through lifting slings, the steamer pot 2 and the modified steamer cover 3 are lifted together and then put on the heating pot 1, so that the bottom of the steamer pot 2 is placed in the heating pot 1, steam generated in the heating pot 1 directly rises through a steam pipe 13 and then leaks out of a ventilation opening 131 below each layer of the grate 21, grains on each layer of the grate 21 are directly and simultaneously steamed for the first time, grains on each layer of the grate 21 are simultaneously steamed, the heating temperature is kept consistent, the gelatinization degree of the grains is kept consistent, and the heating time and the heating temperature of grains with different heights in the steamer pot 2 are kept consistent when large batches of steaming are realized.

Example 3

After the grain steaming is finished, the steamer 2 is lifted by a lifting appliance, the grate 21 still keeps the original shape and position under the action of the stepped groove 26 and the supporting block 25 after leaving the steam pipe 13, and the arc-shaped guard plate 213 can prevent the grain from falling out of the holes of the grate 21 originally used for placing the steam pipe 13;

the steamer 2 is moved to the upper part of the cooling and distiller's yeast adding device, then the rotating ring 24 is rotated, the supporting blocks 25 are retracted into the inner wall of the steamer 2, the support of the supporting blocks 25 lost around the grate 21 falls downwards, but when the position of the rotating shaft is unchanged under the supporting action of the stepped groove 26, the two grate plates 211 on the grate 21 rotate downwards around the rotating shaft, so that the grains steamed on the grate 21 fall into the cooling and distiller's yeast adding device along the inclined grate plates 211 after rotation, and when the steamed grains are discharged, the rotating ring 24 can rotate the rotating ring 24 from bottom to top in sequence, or simultaneously rotate all the rotating rings 24, so that all the steamed grains in the steamer 2 can be discharged into the cooling and distiller's yeast adding device, and after the steamer 2 is used, all the grate 21 can be sequentially taken down from the upper part of the steamer 2 to be cleaned for the next use.

Directional terms, such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., referred to in the present utility model are orientation or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and simplification of the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

The standard parts used in the application file can be purchased from the market, and can be customized according to the description of the specification and the drawing, the specific connection modes of the parts adopt conventional means such as mature bolts, rivets and welding in the prior art, the machines, the parts and the equipment adopt conventional models in the prior art, the control mode is controlled automatically by a controller, a control circuit of the controller can be realized by simple programming of a person skilled in the art, the control method belongs to common knowledge in the art, and the application file is mainly used for protecting a mechanical device, so the control mode and circuit connection are not explained in detail.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and not for limiting the same; although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A raw materials curing device for white spirit production, includes heating pot (1), rice steamer pot (2) and rice steamer lid (3), and rice steamer pot (2) are placed in heating pot (1) top, and rice steamer lid (3) are placed at rice steamer pot (2) top, its characterized in that: the inner bottom of the heating pot (1) is provided with a heating pipe (11) and a collecting cover (12), the heating pipe (11) is annularly arranged along the bottom of the heating pot (1), the axle center of the collecting cover (12) is overlapped with the axle center of the heating pot (1), and the top of the collecting cover (12) is provided with a steam pipe (13); a plurality of circular grates (21) are arranged in the steamer pot (2), the grates (21) are arranged in the steamer pot (2) at intervals along the vertical direction, and the steam pipe (13) passes through the circle centers of the grates (21).

2. The raw material aging device for white spirit production according to claim 1, wherein: the grate (21) consists of two semicircular grate plates (211), and the two grate plates (211) are rotationally connected through a connecting shaft (212).

3. The raw material curing apparatus for white spirit production according to claim 2, wherein: the inner wall of the steamer pot (2) is provided with a plurality of annularly arranged sliding grooves (22), and limit posts (23) are arranged in the sliding grooves (22); the steamer pot (2) is equipped with rotation ring (24) outward with on the same horizontal position of sliding tray (22), be equipped with spliced pole (241) on rotation ring (24), have supporting shoe (25) on spliced pole (241), be equipped with connecting hole (251) on supporting shoe (25), connecting hole (251) on supporting shoe (25) rotate with spliced pole (241) on rotation ring (24) and are connected, one side of keeping away from connecting hole (251) on supporting shoe (25) is equipped with spout (252), and spout (252) cover is established in spacing post (23) outside.

4. A raw material curing apparatus for white spirit production according to claim 3, wherein: the diameters of the connecting shafts (212) on each layer of the grate (21) are different, and the diameter of the connecting shaft (212) with the higher horizontal position is larger; the side wall of the steamer pot (2) is also provided with two opposite vertical stepped grooves (26), the stepped grooves (26) are communicated end to end with a plurality of grooves with different widths, the width of the grooves at the horizontal position is larger, the number of the grooves is the same as that of the grates (21), the connecting shafts (212) positioned at the lowest position are the same as the width of the stepped grooves (26) positioned at the lowest position, and the connecting shafts (212) positioned at the uppermost position are the same as the width of the stepped grooves (26) positioned at the uppermost position.

5. The raw material curing apparatus for white spirit production according to claim 2, wherein: an arc guard plate (213) is arranged on the straight line edge of the grate plate (211), and the radius of the arc guard plate (213) is the same as that of the steam pipe (13).

6. The raw material aging device for white spirit production according to claim 1, wherein: the outer side of the top of the steamer pot (2) is provided with a groove (28), and the width of the groove (28) is the same as the thickness of the lower end of the steamer cover (3).

7. The raw material aging device for white spirit production according to claim 6, wherein: the top of the steamer cover (3) is provided with a handle (31).

8. The raw material aging device for white spirit production according to claim 1, wherein: the steam pipe (13) is provided with a plurality of layers of ventilation openings (131) which are annularly arranged, and when the steamer pot (2) is placed in the heating pot (1), the plurality of layers of grate (21) are placed in the steamer pot (2), and the grate (21) is positioned above the ventilation openings (131).

9. The raw material aging device for white spirit production according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom side of the collecting cover (12) is provided with a plurality of water permeable holes (121).

10. The raw material aging device for white spirit production according to claim 1, wherein: the maximum annular outer diameter of the heating pipe (11) is smaller than the inner diameter of the steamer (2).