It’s a question that’s been coming up more often in distilling circles: on-grain or off-grain distillation? Go to any distillers’ meet-up these days, and there’s bound to be at least one group having a (hopefully friendly) discussion about which is better for single-malt whiskey.
At first glance, those terms may seem simple and self-explanatory. However—like all things in the spirits industry—it gets more complicated once you dig in. So, let’s zoom in on those details and get a better feel for the pros and cons of each method when producing grain-based spirits.