[Avodah] Selling bourbon before pesach

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 07:24:12PM +0200, Ben Waxman wrote:
: From: <rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com>
: > Did he mean
: > A. Whiskey is not hametz 
: > OR
: > B. Corn-based bourbon is not hametz?

: He meant A.

Does he also matir beer? AFAIK, the primary difference is that beer
includes brewer's yeast, but given that whisky/ey ferments, it is
relying on airborne yeast anyway. As would be any leavening of 19+
min non-matzah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha