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Separate Grain Distillation

At Timber Creek Distillery, we practice separate grain distillation — meaning we cook, lauter, ferment, distill, and age each grain…

Mash Bill Guide

A mash bill is the grain recipe used to make whiskey. It tells the distiller how much corn, rye, wheat,…

Congeners in Distilling

Congeners are the aroma, flavor, and texture compounds in a spirit that are not ethanol or water. They’re created primarily…

Heads, Hearts, and Tails

In batch distillation, the most important decision a distiller makes is not how fast the still runs, but where the…

Pot Still vs. Column Still

A pot still is a batch distillation system that separates alcohol through a single vaporization cycle, emphasizing flavor retention and…

How Distillation Works

How distillation works comes down to a single idea: when you heat a liquid mixture, the vapor it gives off…

Barrel Aging Explained

Barrel aging is not one single reaction. It is a moving overlap of extraction, filtration, oxidation, concentration, and slow chemical…

Fermentation for Distilling

This explains fermentation specifically as it applies to distilling spirits from corn, wheat, barley, rye, and molasses. It follows the…

What’s the difference between whiskey and bourbon?

Grain-to-Glass Distillation

Grain-to-Glass Distillation at Timber Creek Distillery: Inputs, Process Control, and Why the Hard Way Wins This technical post explains how…