WHISKEY INDUSTRY FLOURISHING IN TEXAS

DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas -- For distillers across the country, Kentucky bourbon has historically been the gold standard for whiskey, but today the bourbon industry continues to grow in the Lone Star State.

• Bourbon industry growing in Texas

• Treaty Oak Distilling uses Texas products in its spirits

Making bourbon, which is considered a type of whiskey, comes down to a science, a process that has its roots in the Bluegrass State.

“We kind of look for opportunities within that process to create our own unique either process or formula that will translate into a good product that is a Texas-style bourbon,” said Nate Powell of Treaty Oak Distilling.

Texas-style bourbon, like the one crafted at Treaty Oak, means using Texas products from start to finish.

“We buy all of our grain from Texas farmers. These are heirloom seed, non-GMO of course, organically farmed corn and wheat,” said Powell.

“We take our botanicals and infuse them, vapor infuse them, in the column of the still. Our citrus, our grapefruit, our lemons, pecans from San Saba,” said Powell.

Kentucky may be the gold standard for bourbon, but as the saying goes everything is bigger, and sometimes better, in Texas.

Written by Carlos Garcia

Original article from SpectrumNews.com