How Does A Gin Basket Work?

Here’s an overview of how the basket works.

The distiller fills the basket with their preferred botanicals.
They place the basket above the boiler.
Heat is applied to the boiler as per a normal distillation run.
Vapors move up the boiler, and as they make their way to the condenser, they interact with the botanicals. During this interaction, they extract the botanical flavors.
When the distillation run is finished and the still has cooled, the basket can be disassembled, emptied and cleaned.