Why Your ‘Small-Batch’ Whiskey Might Taste a Lot Like the Others : The Salt : NPR
It’s a good time to be a whiskey maker, and craft whiskeys are all the rage, with names like Bulleit, Redemption, Templeton and George Dickel.
But according to a report on The Daily Beast, some of those producers tossing off hazy, golden adjectives like “hand-crafted,” “small-batch” and “artisanal” are, well, not. There’s a factory in Indiana churning out massive quantities of beverage-grade alcohol, and some distilleries are just buying it and putting it in their pretty bottles.
Steve Ury is an attorney by day and Recent Eats blogger by night who is tracking where the good stuff comes from. He tells All Things Considered’s Audie Cornish that over 50 different brands from different companies appear to be bottling whiskey from this big Indiana factory, which goes by the name of MGP — Midwest Grain Products.
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