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Born in the USA - Grains That Built America

Grains that built America.
Whiskey is big in the US of A! Did you know thatGeorge Washington, the first president of US was also the first Whiskey tycoon (keen on distilling Rye), and that it was Lyndon Johnson who made Bourbon theOfficial Spirit of America. American Whiskey has a very serious opponent in Whisky coming from Scotland, Ireland or Japan, but the Bourbons and Ryes have their place in American history...and they are not letting anyone near.
It is the4 grainsthat define the final form ofAmerican Whiskey. Corn being the main ingredient of the most famous Bourbon, Rye being the main one in yup Rye and then there are also Wheat and Barley that can fly solo but are mainly used as extra in the mashbill. It isthe ratio of these four grains in the mashbillthat defines what kind of a Whiskey we are talking about. Depending of every distilleries recipe we have countless possibilities but the final drop always speaks for itself.
From the US independence onward each part of the country had their style of distilling and their Spirit. It was the Prohibition that put an end to this and left a big mark on distilling industry, but all that changed when the search for tradition that came back to life withcraft distilleries boom. They have spread like wildfire across the States, from total innovations to revived recipes all the way back from the 18th century. One common thing they all do, is to try distillthe purest of all American Whiskeys.
With this Tasting Box, we exploregrains that built Americafrom grain to grain -all born and bred in the USA!