Live tastings are also on hold, unless you do them online. "Many of these distilleries are small, family-owned businesses, and a lot of them rely a big chunk on live events," he said. Tourism is a key factor in distillers' revenue, and with individuals enforcing self-quarantine and social distancing, that has been rendered impossible. The general flavor profiles will include notes of vanilla, candy corn, caramel, toasted marshmallows, butterscotch, and cinnamon, and the older bourbons will have darker notes of plums, dates, and even leather.Īnd although alcohol is on demand with the rise of delivery services, the bourbon industry is not unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, said acclaimed bourbon expert Fred Minnick. Also, to be called "straight" bourbon, it must be aged a minimum of three years.īourbon is a sweeter whiskey by design, because corn is a sweet grain (think of it like cornbread vs. The cask can be charred to various degrees of intensity: the more char, the better the whiskey will be able to penetrate the wood and develop a darker color. It has to be made in the US (not necessarily Kentucky, although that's where the drink originated), with a grain mash that contains 51% or more corn, and aged in an American white-oak cask that's been "charred," as in the inside of the barrel has been torched, leaving a dark layer of charred wood. There are few requirements for a liquor to be called bourbon.
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