How to Make Woodford Reserve Bourbon

Ron Aldof Thu, 02/18/2016 - 23:20
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Has anyone ever tried Woodford Reserve?
I haven't tried it and was curious.
If not what is your top pick for bourbon?

Master Distiller Chris Morris takes us through Woodford Reserve’s unique process in making its celebrated bourbon, and we illustrate it to help you along.

"When they started distilling it some two decades ago, the folks at Woodford Reserve had a simple goal: craft a bourbon with a flavor profile every bit as complex and sophisticated as the world’s finest scotches and cognacs. In other words, they were trying to do something that had never been done before.

“We were going to have what I would call a global or international flavor appeal,” says Chris Morris, the master distiller behind Woodford Reserve, one of the most award-winning bourbons and one widely regarded to be responsible for kicking off the bourbon revolution we are currently lucky to be living through. “That meant it had to have flavors in it that would appeal to this diverse palate of appreciation. It had to be complex—it had to have a certain persnicketiness to it.”

The process of making whiskey is essentially the same whether it’s made in Ireland, Canada, or Woodford County, Kentucky, where bourbon was first distilled in 1812: take water, add a grain (majority corn in the case of bourbon), ferment, distill and then age. So, in order to craft a bourbon with the sophistication and complexity Woodford was after, Morris and his team had to rethink and reimagine nearly every step of that process, from the yeast used in fermentation to the barrels used in aging.

Persnickety? You don’t know the half of it."

Read the rest, The Daily Beast: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/04/in-pictures-how-to-make...

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I drink from the middle shelf .... Early Times, from the same company

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Looking for one to replace Jim Beam and Maker's Mark since they were bought out by the Japs.

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It's the best I've found for the money, and I've served them all.

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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
Immanuel Kant