How do you make wkiskey?

Answer 1

First .. do you mean whiskey with an e or Whisky without an e or both

Lets Start without e> Whisky that means = basically traditional Scotch whisky

two main types 1 Malt Whisky 2 Blended Whisky

1 use malted barley .. put it in water to extract the sugar, ferment and distill in a potstill to approx 70% store in used oak for at least 3 year but likely 10-15 years

2 use unmalted grain .. then the same distill in a patent still (colon) to approx 95 % store in used oak at least 3 year. Blend it with Malt whisky and you have a scotch blend

If you add the e >> American/Irish Whisky Bourbon is one Tennesse (Jack Daniels is one) there is a lot of variants.

BUT what is the diffrence .. First the tradition is less regulated and the varity greater, the mash is more a recipe's of different unmalted grains mainly Corn & Rye. Distilled in a more colon oriented still (not pot still) to a higher percentage than in Scotland. Store a couple of years in new American oak .. gives a lot of vanilla. Longer maturing in oak is also available but not as usual as in Scotland.

Bourbon you drink with ice in a tumbler Malt whisky from Scotland you drink without ice in a tasting glass. Belnd from Scotland or elsewhere you drink as a bourbon with ice .