Category: distilling
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A Visit to the Nardini Distillery in Bassano, Italy
Nardini, a company known for grappa but which produces a range of liqueurs and amari as well, is headquartered in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, and dates to 1779. I had the chance to visit the company this past fall and wow! We started our tour in the distillery, or rather, one of the distilleries.…
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A Visit to the Bently Heritage Estate Distillery
A visit to the brand new massive estate distillery Bently Heritage Estate. You’re gonna want to see this.
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Comparing Continuous Fermentation in Baijiu with Sour Mash Whiskey and Jamaican Muck Pits
A very nerdy (surprise!) look at how and why distillers recycle leftovers from the still into subsequent fermentation batches.
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A Belvedere Distillery Visit and Vodka Terroir in the Single Estate Series
I visited Poland with Belvedere Vodka to see how the vodka is made and to learn about the then-forthcoming Single Estate Rye series of vodkas, in which the same rye was grown in two different parts of Poland and separate, unfiltered vodkas were made from each. We got super deep into the science of terroir.
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Distillery Visit: Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey in Denver
A detailed visit to the Stranahan’s single-malt whiskey distillery in Colorado.
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Between the Heart and the Tails, the ‘Seconds’
In pot-still distillation we always talk about the cuts: the heads and tails that are discarded (or recycled), and the hearts cut that become the spirit that ends up in the bottle. But some distillers make a cut between the heart and the tails called the “seconds.”
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How to Make Whisky in a Hot Climate in a Short Amount of Time
On my trip to the Kavalan whisky distillery, I spent a lot of time asking questions about the differences in production between Kavalan and scotch whisky, and other changes made to compensate for their unique aging environment. Here are a few observations.
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Kavalan Whisky Distillery Visit in Yilan, Taiwan
A visit to Taiwan to see how “the world’s best whisky” is made at Kavalan.