Title: What is Sour Mash – HowtoMoonshine
Headings: Apr 18, 2020
What is Sour Mash Whiskey?
What Exactly is Mash?
What is the Difference Between Bourbon and Sour Mash?
What is the Difference Between Sweet and Sour Mash Whisky?
What Do you Need to make Sour Mash?
How to Make Sour Mash
The First Fermentation
The First Run
The Second Fermentation
The Second Run
Collect your sour mash

Content: What Exactly is Mash? The word “mash” simply refers to a mixture of grain, water and yeast that is fermented to produce alcohol. Mash has is an acidic, nutrient-rich product that is left behind when the distillation process is complete. Sour mash whisky manufacturers will use a portion of spent mash in the manufacturing of a fresh batch of whisky. This spent mash offers acceptable levels of pH and ensures that the same flavour continues into fresh batches. The rest of the spent mash is usually fed to animals. What is the Difference Between Bourbon and Sour Mash? Bourbon and sour mash whisky is different in their manufacturing methods. The mash of bourbon whisky is made from corn. Bourbon whisky is double-distilled and aged for a minimum of two years in charred oak barrels.