We obtain our witblits from a licenced distiller who is one of the very few legal distillers in the country. |
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Although most brands of grain alcohol are practically tasteless, vodkas, brandy and bourbon have differing tastes according to the distiller. |
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Also on the schedule are visits to olive oil makers, a smoked salmon firm and a pisco distiller. |
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Down one flight of stairs, in the tiny Green Room, the master distiller of the Buffalo Trace bourbon distillery is giving a master-class tasting. |
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Therefore the distiller must let the skins from white grapes ferment before distilling them. |
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Straight whiskeys are unmixed or mixed only with whiskey from the same distillation period and distiller. |
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There is an opinion that the addition of extra ingredients to a bottle of wine, or to single malt whiskies and cognacs, is an insult to the winemaker or distiller. |
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More than perhaps any other distiller of scotch whisky, The Macallan understands the importance of color to a great whisky. |
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Morrison Bowmore, the distiller, is cheering a sharp rise in profitability after shifting its focus from low-margin blended whisky to single malts. |
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The distiller recommends only drinking the 180 proof poteen with mixers. |
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In other words, a distiller in Niagara could not produce a spirit drink and sell it as a grappa or an ouzo. |
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Back in the 1800's, its creator, George Smith, was the first distiller in the Glenlivet region to receive a licence. |
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Once the winter event has ended, these trees are sent to an essential-oil distiller to be turned into perfume. |
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The dirty solvent is sent directly through a pipe to the distiller, where it is recovered for reuse in the washing system. |
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As an experiment, Maker's Mark swapped barrels with a Scottish distiller to see how much the environments of the two places affected the whisky's maturation. |
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All casks, barrels and drums used by a distiller for the storage or delivery of spirits shall be clearly and legibly marked with the bond number and the month and year of original warehousing. |
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Though more labor-intensive, these more faithfully capture the essence of fruit and grain, and let a distiller precisely select what part of the distilling run to use to create the most nuanced styles and flavors. |
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Any distiller who cannot adhere to them may not label its whiskey as such. |
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As master distiller at Jack Daniel's, I get the privilege of traveling to the top floors of our barrelhouses in Lynchburg and hand drilling individual barrels. |
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Other nominees in the Distiller of the Year category, included Appleton Estate, Laird's Applejack, Tanqueray and Wokka Saki. |
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