Mash

Water is an essential component to producing high-quality spirits. Knowing how it affects your mash is what can take your products from good to great.

A distillery’s goals tend to influence its choice of equipment, as different spirits call for different ways to process grain or other fermentables. Here’s a primer.

When you’re making whiskey, mashing can be more than a way to get fermentable sugars from the grain. Whatever process you use, there are control points you can use to influence the character of the final spirit.

Unless you’re working with a single-grain mash bill, writing a whiskey recipe can be a daunting mental exercise worthy of trip to the therapist. From a master distiller, here are some tips to guide you through the process.

Whether unlocked from the grain or added with intention, enzymes are tools to help distillers better craft the spirits they envision.