A unique Wisconsin whiskey - Queen Jennie Sorghum Whiskey

[squire]

Okay, so it's rum, at least they're actually distilling rather than buying.

[JB64]

Maybe they will come out with an Agave whiskey in the future.

[cowdery]

Can't call it rum either because rum has to be from sugar cane. 'Sorghum specialty' is what they're stuck with.

[Jono]

Maybe they will come out with an Agave whiskey in the future.

The way they describe the TTB approval....if the plant has grain it might qualify...no Agave "whiskey".

[JB64]

The way they describe the TTB approval....if the plant has grain it might qualify...no Agave "whiskey".

I would think to be considered a whiskey it would need to be distilled from the grain and not from the juices extracted from the stalks and stems of a grain producing plant. I am assuming that the Queen Jennie Sorghum Whiskey is distilled from sorghum molasses and not the grain.

Sugarcane has seeds that I guess could be considered a grain. From Wikipedia, " Sugarcane belongs to the grass family (Poaceae), an economically important seed plant family that includes maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum and many forage crops." Could rum be a subset of whiskey? I have a tune stuck in my head that just wouldn't sound right if I was yelling out "agave whiskey" at the appropriate times.

[Jono]

I agree, the actual reg states grain....not stalks, etc. How they got the ok is beyond me....the only other way would be if they
had used the grain produced syrup I noted above. That was not indicated.

[squire]

Oh, whatever . . . I know what sorghum molasses is so they can call it what they like, I'm gonna call it rum.

[squire]

Okay, I've got it . . . Sorghum Eau de Vie.

[cas]

Suppose both the grain and other parts of the plant, like the stalks, were included?
Craig

[Jono]

That certainly would complicate the reg definition of "whisky": The Class definition states:
"Spirits distilled from a fermented mash of grain at less than 95% alcohol by volume (190 proof) having
the taste, aroma and characteristics generally attributed to whisky and bottled at not less than 40% alcohol
by volume (80 proof).

The General Type Definition just states "fermented mash of 51%...corn or rye or wheat etc....and does not say "grain."
http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/bam/chapter4.pdf

RUM¹ Spirits distilled from the fermented juice of sugar cane, sugar cane syrup, sugar cane molasses or other
sugar cane by-products
(Sorghum is not listed because it is not a sugar cane).

DISTILLED SPIRITS
SPECIALTY
· Distilled spirits not defined under
any other class
· Generally, any class and/or type
of distilled spirits that contain or
are treated with flavoring and/or
coloring materials and/or
nonstandard blending or treating
materials or processes
· NO DEFINED TYPE(S)
UNDER THIS CLASS
· PRODUCT DEFINITION IS
UNIQUE TO COMPOSITION
AND PRODUCTION OF THE
DISTILLED SPIRITS
PRODUCT¹