Proof - Bourbon is bottled at between 80 and proof. Only water may be used to lower the proof of the alcohol. Location — Bourbon can be made anywhere in the US. Rye is the second grain used in Bourbon, it adds dry, spicy, peppery flavors to the character of the whiskey.
Examples of Bourbons with high rye content include. Wheat adds elegance and a soft, smooth character, often with hints of nuts and cinnamon.
Whiskeys with high wheat content include. Check out our Bourbon Glossary as you choose your next whiskey! Bourbon, by law, must be aged in a brand-new, charred white oak barrel to be called straight bourbon whiskey — that means, a barrel can only be used once for bourbon. Where do they go after that? They get shipped to Mexico for aging tequila, Scotland for aging Scotch or elsewhere to store all kinds of things, including coffee, tobacco, beer and maple syrup.
Where does all the corn and other grain go after it's done making bourbon? It's known as distiller's grain or more charmingly as "slop" and when the distillers are done with it, it gets shipped off to farms to be used as feed for cows.
Yep, that's the circle of life in Kentucky, friends. Nothing can be added to bourbon in the distilling process except water. So, that means that all the flavor comes from the charred oak barrels the picture below shows the charring process at Brown-Forman. And, that's why when Wild Turkey wanted to add honey to their bourbon, it became Wild Turkey Liqueur and was later renamed American Honey. Jack Daniels? It's largely identical to bourbon except for one key difference: It's filtered through maple charcoal.
Distilling wine produces brandy and distilling grains produces grain spirit. Which is very illegal. Those products are legally defined as grain whiskey or corn whiskey. Check the labels. So now we have fermented grains, which makes beer, which gets distilled, which makes grain spirit.
Now what? Now you have whiskey. Each of those has their own specific requirements within the process of making whiskey. Typically, a bourbon distiller will also use malted barley and either wheat or rye for additional flavor. Why does bourbon have to be kept at a lower proof during distillation? As the distillate goes up in proof, it becomes purer alcohol and progressively becomes more odorless and flavorless.
Next, the grain spirit is reduced to proof or less using nothing but pure water. Charred means the barrel is literally set on fire and burned on the inside to create a layer of oak char. This is where bourbon gets its distinctive amber color and much of its flavor.
No other country can make bourbon whiskey. Now I understand what bourbon is. Maybe not a bad one! Bourbon can be made anywhere in the United States.
Fermenting grains into mash and distilling the liquid into spirit began in the s or s in present-day Scotland. After filling the barrel is closed with a bung and transported to the warehouse by truck.
Each distillery has their own preferences for storing the barrels. In the past warehouses with a height of 4 to 5 floors were built. On each floor between 3 and 6 layers of barrels are stored. The warehouses have a skeleton of bars and girders that make it possible to roll the barrels horizontally.
Between this skeleton there are elevators that make the vertical movement of the barrels possible. An ordinary warehouse has a capacity of approximately 20, barrels. In these warehouses a very special climate is created.
Below the roof there are very high temperatures in the summer, while at the bottom it stays as cool as if the room was air-conditioned. For temperature equalisation with the outside air a warehouse has many windows. The Whiskey matures differently on each floor. In the past the barrels were therefore rotated. Rotating means the barrels are moved to different pre-determined positions within the warehouse during maturation , so each barrel can profit from the good positions in the middle of the warehouse.
Maker's Mark was one of the few distilleries that still rotated their barrels in The other distilleries have chosen a different way.
They no longer rotate but mix barrels from different positions in the warehouse before bottling. With this method you avoid the labour-intensive rotation of the barrels , you use up the whole capacity of the warehouse and you gain an area in the centre of the warehouse where you find extraordinary barrels for small batch Bourbons and single barrel bottlings.
In several warehouses of the Heaven Hill distillery burned down. The burning Whiskey pushed its way through the distillery down to the river.
Thus also the distillery burned down, and the Whiskey burned on the river for the rest of the night. In order to minimise the risk of fire, today each warehouse has a sprinkler system, and the warehouses are built at a safety distance. As passive safety, the wooden skeleton is built in such a way that a warehouse collapses during a fire and doesn't damage other warehouses.
The Bourbon distilleries have such a high output that they can all afford their own bottling line. First the selected barrels are brought to the bottling line by truck and emptied over filters. The charcoal pieces that broke away from the barrel walls during maturation are held back by the sieve. The Bourbon is pumped into a storage vat and from there fed to the bottling line.
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