Comments on: What do beer and whiskey have in common? http://grizzlygrowler.com/2008/08/23/what-do-beer-and-whiskey-have-in-common/ Craft Beer... Tue, 15 May 2012 14:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dan Leithauser http://grizzlygrowler.com/2008/08/23/what-do-beer-and-whiskey-have-in-common/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Dan Leithauser Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:28:25 +0000 http://grizzlygrowler.com/?p=311#comment-1617 I always wondered how these whisky/bourbon/scotch tastings were handled. Do you get 1/2 oz samples? I mean if I went to NYC for the main event (see Malt Advocate), I would not be driving anywhere. You know how distilled spirits can catch up with you quick... How many could you try? Beer is so much easier to taste and try in some greater quantity due to the lower abv. As for Hogshead... I had some a number of years ago. It was like fire. I did not buy a bottle. I tried it again last year. I bought two bottles. They have figured out that distillation is not just about the top portion (which creates that moonshine fire), it is about the proper collection/amounts of other fractions off the distillation column. There is not just ethanol in those fractions. I always wondered how these whisky/bourbon/scotch tastings were handled. Do you get 1/2 oz samples? I mean if I went to NYC for the main event (see Malt Advocate), I would not be driving anywhere. You know how distilled spirits can catch up with you quick… How many could you try? Beer is so much easier to taste and try in some greater quantity due to the lower abv.

As for Hogshead… I had some a number of years ago. It was like fire. I did not buy a bottle. I tried it again last year. I bought two bottles. They have figured out that distillation is not just about the top portion (which creates that moonshine fire), it is about the proper collection/amounts of other fractions off the distillation column. There is not just ethanol in those fractions.

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