“I live in bourbon country. I’ve learned that all bourbon starts with beer (and not a very tasty beer). “
Bourbon must use at least 51% corn. Whiskey is distilled beer which uses malted barley.
—”Whiskey is distilled beer which uses malted barley.”
A guy I worked with for many years owned a winery/vineyard on the side.
He liked to tell of the synthetic wine shown at the trade shows.
He said not yet but close.
I recall a few years back synthetic whiskey was a thing.
Barley or corn, what difference does it make if it is easily faked?
As a lifelong teetotaler, I’m not into this topic.
That said, an anti-teetotaler neighbor insisted I taste his Blue Label $$$.
Surprisingly to me, the flavors were pleasant?
And the alcohol component is decidedly less noxious than the gas-o-hol I inhaled while siphoning into the mower.