K - Bourbon Whisky and Contentious Content Warning

[Thomas Schubert]

Jesper,

excellent point this.

Thanks!

Thomas

2006/6/14, J. Stephen Lure <jstephenlure at yahoo.com>:
>
> Hi Ralph,
>
> I think this kosher debate is quite interesting from a pure intellectual
> point of view.
>
> Exactly how large is the quantum of uncertainty regarding wine contact
> allowed to be, for something to be deemed kosher?
>
> To me, it seems pretty unlikely that staves that have been in contact with
> any type of wine would diffuse into remade hogsheads in Scotland. The main
> reason for this is that finishing bourbon in sherry casks is a very rare
> practise in the States. And, if I understood your post correctly, additives
> derived from wine aren't allowed, at least for the principle categories. And
> as for the subcategories--is there any evidence that HCFBM could contain any
> wine derivatives?
>
> To me it doesn't look like casks are mixed "willy-nilly" in the whisky
> industry, at least when it comes to bourbon vs. sherry. When it comes to
> vatting, the situation is quite different though.
>
> On the other hand, if no uncertainty is allowed for something to be deemed
> kosher, than you have a problem if you like whisky. Because, what if someone
> at some point in time had a picnic in an oak forest, an oak forest with
> the finest Q. alba earmarked for bourbon barrel production, and this someone
> spilled a few drops of wine on, or close to, any of these fine oak trees?
>
> Could bourbon matured in a cask made of that particular tree then be
> considered kosher? And wouldn't this very uncertainty then prevent any
> whisky to be deemed kosher?
>
> Besides, things mix. Especially in bottling plants.
>
> So exactly where is the line between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and
> kosher drawn? A controversial question indeed, but not meant to be insolent.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> JESPER, advocatus diaboli
>
> PS There are four distilleries in USA that calls their product whisky.
> Maker's Mark is one of them.
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/--------------
>



-- 
Thomas Schubert

www.potstill.de
www.distillerylane.de
www.thomasschubert.info

PGP public key at http://www.potstill.de/pgp/thomas.schubert@gmail.com.asc

--------------  https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/  --------------
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.grsnet.net/pipermail/mm-malts-l/attachments/20060614/76f59e0d/attachment-0002.html