February 2012
2 posts
The Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers during the colonization of the US were very big in to fermenting and distilling their crops. It made sense, when farmers distilled their produce into whiskey they didn’t have crop spoilage, the load to take to market was much smaller and to top it all they gained a much higher profit. Farmers were able to receive 10 times more by selling whiskey compared to selling their unprocessed...
The Future of Aging Spirits?
An alcohol cleaning process called TerrePURE is growing in popularity recently. TerrePURE is a technical cleaning process that takes out unwanted minor alcohols in spirits such as isoproponol. For example in whiskey distillation, distillers use pot stills which leave a lot of good tasting flavor in the final whiskey product but it is necessary for the spirit to sit in barrels for a few years to...