Title: How To Make Rye Whiskey (A Distiller's Guide To Brewing Whiskey)
Headings: How to Make Rye Whiskey: A Distillers Guide
How to Make Rye Whiskey: A Distillers Guide
A Background on The History of Whiskey
American Whiskey
Getting Started: Picking Your Whiskey Mash Ingredients
Rye
Corn
Barley
How to Make Rye Whiskey: Mash Recipe
Base Ingredients & Materials
Rye Whiskey Mash Procedure
Fermenting Your Rye Whiskey Mash
Materials
Fermentation
Straining
Distilling Your Rye Whiskey
Materials
Prepping and Cleaning Your Whiskey Still
Running Your Whiskey Still
Collecting Your Rye Whiskey Distillate
Collecting Foreshots
Collecting Heads
Collecting Hearts
Collecting Tails
Aging Your Rye Whiskey
How Long To Age Your Whiskey
Testing The ABV of Your Rye Whiskey
Conclusion

Content: The biggest variations between different whiskeys lie in their mash ingredients. A whiskey mash can be made with corn, rye, wheat, oats, maize or barley. By mixing percentages of these ingredients you can create a range of different tastes and flavors. Bourbon, for example, must contain at least 51% corn in order to be called a bourbon whiskey, while ‘Rye Whiskey’ must have 51% rye included in its mash to be classified as a Rye Whiskey. For this distilling guide, and keeping with an American tradition, we’ll be using the same mash bill that George Washington’s distillery used to create his Rye Whiskey at Mount Vernon. It consists of 60% rye, 35% corn, and 5% barley. Rye gives the whiskey a range of spicy notes including pepper, nutmeg, clove, caraway, and cinnamon. These flavors are all intensified during the aging process, which gives the whiskey it’s bite. Corn (maize) is responsible for the sweeter tones in the whiskey’s flavor. The barley is added to the mix as a way to help convert starches to sugar for the fermentation process and also provides an underlying malty and chocolate flavor.