Lesson 08: Is lower Barrel Entry Proof better?

[@3omar_a7maad]

dumb question but why would they distill it to a much higher proof than the targeted bottle proof in the first place?

[@TheBourbonNerd]

To save money. Let's say that they just distilled and barreled at 90-proof - because they wanted a 90-proof product in the bottle. That would mean that they would need approx 40% more barrels to make the same amount of whiskey, compared with barreling at 125 proof. And barrels are very expensive and can only be used once for e.g. Bourbon and Rye. Hope this makes sense.

[@3omar_a7maad]

@@TheBourbonNerd makes sense yeah thanks.
follow up question, how would it affect quality if a distillery decided to do that?

[@TheBourbonNerd]

@@3omar_a7maad I'm fairly convinced that the whiskey would be better.

[@josephlynn7600]

Math is hard 😛