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High-barley Bourbon Whiskey
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DESCRIPTION
A Bourbon whiskey is here considered high-barley if is distilled from a mash of the following grains:
Barley: 20%, or greater (~33% being most antique)
Rye or Wheat, or both: 10%↔19% (~parity with barley)
Maize: 51%↔79%
Barley enables fermentation, and produces the historical flavor of whisk(e)y.
Rye produces spicy and nutty flavor notes.
Maize is a bulk grain that is inexpensive and low in flavor, but produces the intimation of sweetness.
The key feature in the high-barley Bourbon mash is barley at 20&, or more.
High-barley Bourbon whiskey can be seen as a living missing link between the 100% barley whiskies of the British Isles and classic, post-Prohibition Bourbon whiskies.
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