Sour Mash (Noun)
Meaning 1
A mash with optimum acidity for yeast fermentation; a mixture of old and new mash; used in distilling some whiskeys.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Bourbon whiskey producers often rely on a sour mash of fermented grains from previous batches to create their distinct flavor profile.
- The master distiller carefully monitored the pH levels to ensure the sour mash had the optimal acidity for yeast fermentation to occur.
- By incorporating a portion of the spent grains into the new mash, the distiller could maintain consistency and complexity in their whiskey's taste.
- Using a combination of the sour mash from last week's fermentation and new grains resulted in an interestingly layered flavor.
- Maintaining a controlled sour mash mixture with varying percentages of grains has proven key in their highly successful artisanal whiskey craft.
Meaning 2
Any whiskey distilled from sour mash.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- Most bourbons are sour-mash whiskeys made with at least 51% corn mash and a special culture called sour mash that dates back centuries.
- Jim Beam's master distiller preferred using the traditional sour-mash process that's distinct from most Tennessee whiskey-making.
- Whiskey historians recognize Old Grand-Dad as the quintessential example of sour-mash whiskey since it employs no filters to polish its earthy profile.
- Only American-made sour-mash whiskey aged for a minimum of two years may claim itself 'straight bourbon'.
- Canadian whisky laws only differentiate by grains or styles if specified but by adopting bourbon whiskey, typically employs American distillation via the traditional sour mash fermentation technique for standard authentic result in line of blended export with existing bottle terms across Europe when adding certain set back ratio based rule distiller statement without fact record verification set is blended via style such examples like in other and American term in and only Canada general straight without age use and distillers record as does but Canada also have the right to export with like example in those one at least terms in and American or blended per without by both US with that standard blended style or at least 25 etc is actually the Jim Beam terms per distiller but Canada terms often such.