Recent Fermentation Articles

Does Yeast Really Shape Your Bourbon's Flavor? Most guys who've been drinking bourbon for a while can tell you all about mash bills. They know that a high-rye grain recipe is going to give you something peppery and dry, and that a wheat-forward bourbon is going to be smooth and a little sweet. The

Pick up a bottle of Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, or just about any other bourbon off the shelf and there's a near-certain chance it was made using sour mash. The same goes for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, which plasters the term right on its label. And yet, for all its ubiquity, "sour m