Potato Whiskey

[macdeffe]

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

Steffen

[cowdery]

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

Steffen

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

[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.

[sku]

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.

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

[redbear]

So, their homepage has this image on it. Moonshine out of a pig's behind? Sounds tasty!

[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.

[Josh]

So, their homepage has this image on it. Moonshine out of a pig's behind? Sounds tasty!

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

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

[callmeox]

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.

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?

[Josh]

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?

It's the worst kind of elitism.

[CorvallisCracker]

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...)