Description
Inspired by pumpkin ales, Bell creates Corsair Pumpkin Spice Moonshine by distilling malted barley and wheat in order to make a sweet malt whiskey. His 50-gallon, four-plate hybrid pot still, which was custom-made by Vendome Copper in Louisville, Kentucky, gives him unique flexibility and control over the distillation process. After the grains have been distilled, Bell adds fresh ginger, cloves, allspice, ground cinnamon and five pounds of fresh pumpkin into the still’s vapor basket, and then distills the whiskey a second time. As a result, the whiskey is infused with a unique taste flavors of pie crust and malt are followed by the full, sweet notes of cinnamon and pumpkin. Corsair’s small operation has no mechanized components each bottle is filled, labeled and then boxed by hand. “We make less in a year than a big distillery spills in a day,” says Clay Smith, Corsair’s distillery manager. Perfect for the fall, try a bottle of small-batch Pumpkin Moonshine today!
