Whisky journal

[AKScott]

Not literally. There is no such thing as a single malt bourbon.

I stand corrected. As a beer brewer I should have remembered that SMaSH brews (single malt and single hop) use only one malt in the mash tun, and only one hop variety in the kettle.

If you try to make bourbon with just barley you would of course end up with some kind of Scotch, that probably couldn't be called Scotch if it was made in kentucky.

Except for having to use some corn and some rye (or wheat) to make bourbon instead of scotch, Blanton's is bottled one barrel at a time, rather than having the contents of several barrels dumped into a vat to be bottled en masse. It is amazing stuff if you have the pallete for high quality distilled spirits.

I've found that a lot of stuff from south of the equator is bottle with a screwtop. Chile is making some fantastic wines, most of which come in a screwtop.

I did not know that. I let my friends that know wine pick the wine, I am more knowledgable about beer than the other choices.

[beloitpiper]

I let my friends that know wine pick the wine, I am more knowledgable about beer than the other choices.

I know you're from Alaska, but have you had Allagash? I was in Boston last week and had the chance to try it (I think it's only available on the East Coast). It's made in Portland, Maine, and is STUNNING. If I was not told it was made in Maine, I would've thought it was straight from Belgium! Definitely one of my favorite breweries in the US!