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In 1964, congress defined Bourbon as a unique American cultural and historical product in need of protecting. 40 years later, most people still do not know exactly what Bourbon is, often confusing it with its historical parlance. That being said, once you understand the basic definition of Bourbon--or all American whiskeys for that matter--this tipple becomes easy to understand, and fun to appreciate.
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BOURBON 101p r e s e n t e d b y B E N S H E L L H O R N • S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1
BOURBON
I N T R O D U C T I O N
TA S T I N G G U I D E
PA R T 1 : B E E R• F e r m e n t a ti o n
• I n g r e d i e n t s
PA R T 2 : B O U R B O N• D e fi n i ti o n
• L a w• D i s ti l l a ti o n
• L o c a l i z a ti o n• A g i n g
• M a s h B i l l
C O N C LU S I O N S& Q U E S T I O N S
BOURBON
W H AT I S B O U R B O N ?• A m e r i c a n W h i s k e y
• M a i n l y C o r n• A g e d i n o a k
LEGAL DEFINITION
L EG A L D E F I N I T I O N• M u s t b e a U S p r o d u c t
• M u s t b e 5 1 % + c o r n• A g e d - a t l e a s t b r i e fl y - i n n e w A m e r i c a n o a k
• D i s ti l l e d t o n o m o r e t h a n 1 6 0 p r o o f• I n t r o d u c e d t o o a k a t n o m o r e t h a n 1 2 5 p r o o f
• B o tt l e d a t n o l e s s t h a n 8 0 p r o o f
A G I N G & L A B E L I N G• B o u r b o n m e e ti n g t h e a b o v e r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d a g e d 2 y e a r s ,
m a y b e c a l l e d S T R A I G H T b o u r b o n• B o u r b o n l a b e l e d S t r a i g h t m u s t l a b e l i t s a g e i f l e s s t h a n 4 y e a r s
• L a b e l e d a g e m u s t b e t h e y o u n g e s t b o u r b o n i n t h e m i x• B l e n d e d b o u r b o n s m a y h a v e a r ti fi c i a l c o l o r i n g & fl a v o r s
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
I N T E R N AT I O N A L W H I S K E YA l l b o u r b o n i s w h i s k e y
N o t a l l w h i s k e y i s b o u r b o n
DISTILLATION PROCESS
D I S T I L L AT I O N
S t a r t s w i t h a f e r m e n t e d g r a i n b e v e r a g e
( t h i n k b e e r )
F e r m e n t e d b e v e r a g e i s t h e n “ d i s ti l l e d ” t h r o u g h a
s ti l l( t h i n k b o i l e d )
D i s ti l l e d b e v e r a g e i s p u r i fi e d / d i s ti l l e d a g a i n
a n d a g e d i n o a k
DISTILLATION PROCESS
DISTILLATION PROCESS
S t a r t w i t h G ra i n
DISTILLATION PROCESS
M i l l t h e g ra i n
DISTILLATION PROCESS
C r e a t e M a s h
DISTILLATION PROCESS
Fe r m e nt t h e M a s h
DISTILLATION PROCESS
D i s ti l l t h e Fe r m e nt e dB e v e ra g e
DISTILLATION PROCESS
Re s u l t : U n a g e d C o r n W h i s ke y
DISTILLATION PROCESS
A g e t h e B o u r b o n
DISTILLATION PROCESS
B o tt l e t h e B o u r b o n
LOCALIZATION / HISTORY
B o u r b o n g e t s i t s n a m e f r o m B o u r b o n C o u n t y, K Y
H o w e v e r, n o B o u r b o n i s c u r r e nt l y m a d e i n B o u r b o n C o u n t y, d u e t o t h e r e d ra w i n g o f c o u n t y
l i n e s o v e r ti m e
I n 1 9 6 4 , C o n g r e s s r e c o g n i ze d B o u r b o na s a d i s ti n c t c u l t u ra l p r o d u c t
AGING
A l l A m e r i c a n W h i s ke y i s a g e d i n c h a r r e d n e w A m e r i c a n o a k .
C a n b e a g e d fo r a s h o r t p e r i o d o f ti m e ( H u d s o n W h i s ke y s ) o r a l o n g e r p e r i o d ( Pa p p y Va n W i n k l e 2 3 ye a r )
O a k b a r r e l s a r e o ft e n r e s o l d to Te q u i l a , R u m o r S c o tc h w h i s k y m a ke r s .
MASH BILL
M a s h b i l l i s a t o p s e c r e t fo r m a s te r d i s ti l l e r s .
G e n e ra l l y, m o s t b o u r b o n s a r e a b o u t 2 / 3 c o r n
Rye W h i s ke y s m u s t b e 5 1 % + Rye
C o r n W h i s ke y s m u s t b e 8 0 % + C o r n
Re m a i n i n g g ra i n s c a n b e a ny t h i n g e l s e
P R E S E N TAT I O N BYB E N S H E L L H O R N
S O U R C E SA M E R I C A N H O M E B R E W E R S A S S O C I AT I O NB R E W E R S A S S O C I AT I O NC R A F T B E E R . C O MM O R G U E F I L E . C O MW I K I P E D I A . O R GW I L D W O O D B B Q TA S T I N G N O T E SB R E U C K E L E N G I N
AVA I L A B L E O N L I N EPA R T 1 ( B E E R ) : h tt p : / / w w w. ti n y u r l . c o m / 3 p s 8 v v dPA R T 2 ( B O U R B O N ) : h tt p : / / w w w. ti n y u r l . c o m / 3 z c y x n z
CONCLUSIONS