[Avodah] Bourbon no Longer an Automatic, Faces Kashrus Issues

[Professor L. Levine via Avodah]

From

http://tinyurl.com/kh92xxv


"Companies that once distilled just a few barrels of bourbon every year are now churning out dozens of other drinks-Sherries, brandies, flavored vodkas-which might not be kosher. They can contaminate the bourbon, Rabbi Litvin said, if the liquors are run through the same pipes or tanks." The Litvins, a family that lives in Louisville, "have taken it upon themselves to keep bourbon kosher."


Despite the fact that Jews are proportionately poor Bourbon consumers (it is an $8.5 billion industry), there has been a dramatic increase in demand in recent years, particularly by younger kosher consumers. "Alcohol consumption has definitely increased manifold," said one kosher wine and spirits expert.  Heaven Hill, one of the largest liquor companies in the world, is owned by a Jewish family, but only a few of the bourbons-Evan Williams, the company's largest brand, and the high-end single-barrel whiskeys-are still guaranteed to be kosher. The others are run through the same pipes and storage tanks as other products, including untold flavors of vodka, spiced rum and mint whiskey.

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I guess that I have been ahead of the trends,  because I have been drinking bourbon for decades and never liked Scotch.  YL

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