MOST WHISKY drinkers can detect the presence of peat within a scotch with a single whiff, but the process of how that scent and flavor got there is much more complex.
We’ve broken down the journey from ground to glass into ten steps.
Category Archives: Spirit Essences
Could Too Much Alcohol Cause Spontaneous Human Combustion?
SOME READERS may have done things they regret after a bit too much to drink but in the 18th and 19th centuries, a surfeit of alcohol was thought to cause spontaneous combustion!
Do you sometimes wonder if you’re drinking too much? Despite the health warnings, I know that I do.
Why Scotch Distillers Are Playing with Yeast
Depths of possibility: Different yeast strains are opening up a world of flavour in whisky-making (Photo: Jim Beam)
YEAST IS one of the three ingredients used to make Scotch whisky, yet its flavour-creating abilities have been underrated for decades.
Gavin D. Smith explores how distillers are now playing with uncommon strains to generate exciting new flavours.
Cigar Pairings: Matching 5 Great Cigars with Their Perfect Bourbon
YOU’VE GOT your bourbon perfect, sunset is nearrly on you, and you feel like kicking back, feet up on the porch, and just enjoying life with a glass of your best in your hand.
What will complete the moment for you? I know, a cigar!
ZAPPER’S FLAVOUR ESSENCE RECIPE: Continuing the Bookers Bourbon Taste Tradition
Experience-based Flavour Method By Home Distillers Club member "Zapper"
ONE OF the ongoing challenges home distillersface — whether traditional craftsmen or Neutral spirit and essence flavours experts — is to replicate a particular commercial brand taste.
In this case, Facebook Group Home DIstillers Club member "Zapper" has been experimenting to replicate the taste of the now discontinued Bookers Bourbon.
The Emerging World of American Agave & Sotol Spirits
THE POPULARITY of agave spirits from Mexico is booming here in the United States. As a result, opportunistic distillers have begun producing their own American-made renditions.
But tequila and mezcal have geographic indicators which limit production to certain states in Mexico.
Is This Really the World’s Oldest Whiskey?
WHAT IS the oldest bottle of whiskey in existence? According to a recent listing by the folks at Guinness, it’s a bottle of Baker’s Rye, an 1847 Monongahela Rye owned by Los Angeles Whiskey Society founder Adam Herz.
Yes, you read correctly; this whiskey was distilled during the Polk administration.
TASTE TEST VICTORY: Wild Double Strength Spirit Essence Cracks the Turkey
GLOBAL FLAVORS Wild Bourbon Double Strength premium spirit essence took the honours at last weekend’s taste test held on the Gold Coast.
NEW RELEASE: Jack Daniels Taste-Alike “Jack Bourbon” Spirit Essence
GOLD COAST Australia’s spirit essence provider Global Flavors has announced its Easter release of a new spirit essence flavor that mimics the legendary Jack Daniels taste.
Global Flavors tastemeister Keith Emms says this is proven product, used by commercial customers for nearly 20 years.
Need a Wild Bourbon for the Weekend, But Your Brew’s Not Ready?
HOW MANY times have you found out you have a party or a barbecue on the weekend but your shine isn’t ready?