088 - Back to Basics with Bourbon 101 and 201 with Tim Knittel, Bourbon Educator at Distilled-Living.com

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🗓️ 3 March 2017

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Tim Knittel, Bourbon Educator at Distilled-Living.com and a certified Stave & Thief Society Executive Bourbon Steward, kicks off "back to basics" month by giving an in-depth Bourbon 101 and 201 level knowledge bomb. You will learn something new, guaranteed or your money back! Show Notes: let's start from the top. What is bourbon? How's it made? What goes into it? What's the average proof coming off the distillate? Some people say that limestone water is a big reason why Kentucky bourbon taste better. Is that true or can I get the same effect out of a garden hose? Is anything stopping someone outside of America from making a bourbon or it just can't be called that? What advice do you give people of the first bottles to buy that give you a variable taste range? So people like us who think we know everything, what's a common misperception or falsification we tend to fall for? What’s the most common question you get asked at your tastings

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0:00.0	This is going to be a winter that's going to be remarkable for the weight changes the bourbon that comes out.
0:07.0	Why is that how mild it is?
0:08.0	It's so mild.
0:10.0	We never hit a real hard cold.
0:14.0	It takes at least usually two weeks to fluctuate temperature of a warehouse.
0:18.0	So you really need two weeks of below 50 degrees to get it to convert
0:22.9	across one season to the next. So we're skipping, right now we're skipping a year. So it's
0:28.7	going to be interesting.
0:43.5	Hey, everyone. It's a brand new month, and we are kicking off a new segment we are calling Back to Basics.
0:53.5	Yes, we've gone on far too long about the secondary nonsense and behind the scenes information that we've neglected the very thing that brought us into this world, the bourbon itself.
0:58.1	So get ready for the next few episodes where we get back to the basics and focus on the process, the art, the craft, and even the laws that make the spirit, the enjoyable juice
1:03.3	that we all have grown to love. This episode kicks things off by getting into 101 and 201 level
1:09.0	knowledge. I can guarantee you're going to learn something about Burman that you never knew before.
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