· Blenders International · Water Science
Best practices for proofing whisky in commercial distillation — cutting to strength without losing the spirit
Proofing is the last thing a distillery does to a whisky before it goes in the bottle, and it is easy to get wrong. This is how commercial producers cut cask-strength spirit down to bottling strength — the water they use, why they add it slowly, and the defects that appear when they don't.