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Supermajority Rye Whiskey

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Description

Supermajority Rye Whiskey is distilled from an all-rye mash, with malted barley at less than seven percent, or enzymes added instead of any malted grain, or, as is most common, both.

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Tasting and Usage Notes

History

As whiskey distilling moved from the farm to the industrial distillery, cost-cutting steps were industrially pursued. Any reduction in the use of malted grain saves money. Adoption of the Coffey still, also known as the column still, allows the distiller to cook the grain at higher temperature, making more sugar available from even un-malted grain. Finally, the addition of enzymes separately produced from microbes made it possible to ferment grains without any of them having been malted. This last step became common just before the year 2000.

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