cowdery wrote:
Another suggestion is Gillmanization.
Well, This is the route I decided to take. I've been putting together different vattings over the last 2 months. To be Honest with everyone, I LOVE DOING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I enjoy trying to find the best combos and I also love just pouring a bunch together and seeing what happens. This surprise vatting has surprised me a couple of times and the vatting that involved time and thought also surprised me.
I dont remember where I read it but I wanted to make my own 4 grain manhattan, this quest lead me to my vatting passion in return. I now have several "4-grain" manhattan reciepes that just knock the socks off of any whiskey drinker who likes whiskey cocktails. I usally mix a rye, ryed-bourbon, and wheated bourbon to get the base whiskey for my manhattan. Man I really went off on a tangent here. The point is I have found a use for my "loser" bourbons by Gillmanizing them. I now have three different bottles of " JOEMOMMAS VATTED WHISKEY", and when I pour them for people, I am always asked "who makes this?"{
Thanks for the idea Gary and Chuck, and if anyones interested I will post my favorite "4-grain Manhattan" reciepes.