BOURBON TENNESSEE WHISKEY RYE WHISKEY WHEAT

BOURBON TENNESSEE WHISKEY RYE WHISKEY WHEAT

WHISKEY 101
WHAT MAKES SCOTCH AND CORN WHISKEY DIFFERENT FROM
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BOURBON
• All bourbon is whiskey but not all whiskey is bourbon
•F
ermented from a mash of at least 51% corn and stored in new charred American white
oak barrels
• No minimum aging requirement, but “straight bourbon” must be aged for at least
two years
• Distilled in the United States
• Kentucky bourbon must, predictably, be distilled in Kentucky
TENNESSEE WHISKEY
• Nearly the same requirements as bourbon
• Filtered through a thick layer of sugar maple charcoal before aging
RYE WHISKEY
• Fermented from a mash of at least 51% rye and stored in new charred oak barrels
• No minimum aging requirement, but “straight rye whiskey” must be aged for at least
two years with no coloring added
WHEAT WHISKEY
•F
ermented from a mash of at least 51% wheat and aged in new charred oak barrels for
at least one day
• “Straight wheat whiskey” must be aged for at least two years with no coloring added
CORN WHISKEY
• Fermented from a mash of at least 80% corn
•N
o minimum aging requirement, but if aged, it may be in either new or used charred
oak barrels
• Cannot be filtered or “charcoal mellowed” like Tennessee whiskey
MALT WHISKEY
•F
ermented from a mash of at least 51% malted barley and stored in new charred
oak barrels
•“
Straight malt whiskey” must be aged for at least two years with no coloring, additives
or other alcohols added
• Malt whiskeys that are not straight are considered “blended”
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
• Made in Scotland, where it is spelled “whisky”
•F
ermented from a mash of 100% malted barley and aged in oak barrels for at least
three years
• Often stored in used bourbon barrels
•S
ingle malt Scotch Whisky must have been distilled at a single distillery using a pot still
distillation process
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