Copper Fox Peachwood!

On today's episode we have a glass of Copper Fox Peachwood American Single Malt! We continue our series on American Single Malts with Copper Fox out of Virginia. We talk about Malting Floors, Williamsburg, and Barley! All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers! 

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• History of distillery
  • owner/s
    • Rick Wasmund-CEO and Master Distiller
      • Noticed as a kid the distinct smells of different wood smokes
      • Liked the smoke but not the peat so decided to try apple and cherrywood smoke
      • Interned at Bowmore Distillery
        • Learned the art of floor malting
  • When it was founded
    • January 2005
      • First Malting floor and kiln since prohabition
  • Where it was founded
    • Serryviile,VA, second location at Williamsburg VA
    • Fun facts of the location
  • Why they chose to start
  • They malt their own Barely, the only distillery in the US that does that
    • They smoke the barely with Applewood and Cherrywood
• Tasting
• The bottle
  • The look of the bottle
  • What is written on it
  • Notes on why it looks the way it does
• The juice
  • Peachwood smoked and also peachwood chips added to the barrel
  • Double pot stilled 
  • Mash bill
    • 100% malted barely 
    • All Barley from one famer in Virginia, and the grain is 6-row Thoroughbred Developed at virginia Tech FOR Copper fox Distillery.
    • Who made it
• The type
  • Proposed American Single Malt rules
    • 100% malted Barley
    • Distilled at one distillery
    • Mashed, fermented, distilled, and Aged in US
    • Oak Casks 700L or smaller
      • No rules on type of Oak, new or used
    • Distilled at 160 proof or less
    • Bottled at least at 80 proof