As you may remember from episode 1 of Good Beer Matters, beer and whiskey are brothers separated after mashing. Start with beer, skip the hops addition, then add distillation and barrel aging and, voila!…. Whiskey. In this episode, we return to Rogue, but this time we go to the distillery across the lot from the brewery on the bay in
Newport Oregon. We will spend some time with a Level 10 Spirits Wizard… you heard me correctly… to learn about terroir and the fabulous flavors behind the booze.
Here at Good Beer Matters, we are equal opportunity drinkers. There are occasions when we set down our beer to take up wine, saké and
especially whiskey. All we ask is that it is nuanced, well crafted and very, very good. Thanks to Rogue and Jake Holshue, for fulfilling our drink requirements and for being the only Spirits Wizard of any level I have ever had the pleasure to meet.
