Potato Whiskey

I can't even find a reference for it being aged..

Steffen

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Originally Posted by macdeffe

I can't even find a reference for it being aged..

Steffen

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If you can violate one rule, why not all of them?

Eddu claims to be whisky made from buckwheat, which is not really a grain (it's not a grass) either despite having "wheat" in the name.

http://www.distillerie.fr/en/eddu_silver.html

Surprised no American micro has tried that yet.

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Originally Posted by Josh

Eddu claims to be whisky made from buckwheat, which is not really a grain (it's not a grass) either despite having "wheat" in the name.

http://www.distillerie.fr/en/eddu_silver.html

Surprised no American micro has tried that yet.

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Ah, but they have. Heston Farms in West Virginia makes Buckwheat Moon, a buckwheat whiskey. http://hestonfarm.com/distillery

So, their homepage has this image on it. Moonshine out of a pig's behind? Sounds tasty!
http://hestonfarm.com/sites/all/them...distillery.jpg

While the EU rules specify cereal grain, the U.S. rules just use the word 'grain.' An argument can be made, therefore, that while not a cereal, the buckwheat seed is a grain under the meaning of the law. Problem is, that opens the door to lentil whiskey, and no one wants that.

I have received acknowledgment from TTB. They're looking into it.

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Originally Posted by redbear

So, their homepage has this image on it. Moonshine out of a pig's behind? Sounds tasty!
http://hestonfarm.com/sites/all/them...distillery.jpg

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Reminds me of a flask from antiques roadshow a few years ago:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200603A28.html

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Originally Posted by cowdery

While the EU rules specify cereal grain, the U.S. rules just use the word 'grain.' An argument can be made, therefore, that while not a cereal, the buckwheat seed is a grain under the meaning of the law. Problem is, that opens the door to lentil whiskey, and no one wants that.

I have received acknowledgment from TTB. They're looking into it.

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You involved the feds? Have you no respect for the livelyhood of the poor artisan who is simply trying to carve out a meager existence?

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Originally Posted by callmeox

You involved the feds? Have you no respect for the livelyhood of the poor artisan who is simply trying to carve out a meager existence?

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It's the worst kind of elitism.

There is an awful lot of people who believe Irish whiskey is made from potatoes...

(when I first keyed that in I used the word "astonishing" rather than "awful" but then considered the long list of other silly things people believe...and went back and changed it...)