AW: [MM-MALTS-L] Slyrs

[Horst Luening]

Hello John,

I understood it in another way.

A Kentucky Straight Bourbon KSB (in contrast to American Whiskey) may be
produced by the use of different cereals but may not be mixed after
maturation in the cask.

Thinking a bit longer about this I found several questions.

Most KSBs have bigger batch numbers. I saw it myself at several bottling
facilities in the US. You bottle from a bigger VAT. This proves to me, that
KSBs may be produced from mixed casks. And we know, that there are small
batches (from Jim Beam) as well as Single Casks (e.g. Blanton's). The
typical KSB is in this matter idetical to the single malt.

The brand name has not be identical to the distillery. This is the same as
with the camouflage single malts from Scotland.

Do the Americans bottle KSBs from different distilleries under the same
brand name? Looking at some artificial brands - where the bottlers do not
own distilleries - it seems quite clear to me, that you find KSBs from
different distilleries behind the same label.

And there is another case, where a distillery burnt down and was never
reerected. The brands itself were transferred to a different distillery.

Looking back on all the gobbledegook I wrote above it is comparable between
KSB and single malts.

Regards,
Horst

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Von: mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net
[mailto:mm-malts-l-bounces at grsnet.net]Im Auftrag von John Matthew IV
Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. Juli 2007 12:51
An: MaltManiacs operated former 'MALT-L' Whisky List
Betreff: Re: [MM-MALTS-L] Slyrs


Davin de Kergommeaux wrote:

> You raise interesting points.  When it comes to American whisky - even
> some of the finest - the name of the whisky often comes from the
> flavour, not from the actual plant it was produced in.  For example, a
> bottle of Jack Daniels (not one of the finest) may be contain whisky
> from either or both of two distilleries (if I remember correctly).

There is only one Jack Daniels distillery. Don't bourbons and Tennessee
whiskies have to come from a single distillery?

Something labelled "American whisky" could come from anywhere, I would
think.

John Matthew IV


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