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In particular, large quantities of neutral alcohol are distilled from wine and by-products of wine production (pomace, lees [4]). A product made from grain is "neutral grain spirit", while a spirit made from grapes is called "grape neutral spirit" [5] or "vinous alcohol". [6] These terms are commonly abbreviated as either GNS or NGS. [7] [8] [9]
Everclear is an American brand name of a line of rectified spirit (also known as grain alcohol and neutral spirit) produced by the American company Luxco (formerly known as the David Sherman Corporation, and since 2021 a subsidiary of MGP Ingredients).
MGP Ingredients, Inc. is an American distilled spirits and food ingredients producer with headquarters in Atchison, Kansas. [1]MGP Ingredients' distilled spirits are sold under about 50 different brand names by various bottling companies, in addition to products sold under their own labels, including Till Vodka, George Remus Bourbon, and Rossville Union Straight Rye Whiskey.
For the blended whiskey to be labeled with a particular grain type (i.e., blended rye, malt, wheat, or bourbon whiskey), at least 51% of the blend must be straight whiskey of that grain type. The part of the content that is not straight whiskey may include unaged grain distillates, grain neutral spirits, flavorings, and colorings. [13] [14]
Calvert Extra is frequently referred to as Cocktail Whiskey because of its neutral spirit content. It is made from 70% grain neutral spirits and 30% straight whiskey. The high neutral spirit level makes it very unassuming so that it can be blended with any mixer and not overwhelm the cocktail. It is one of America's top selling blended whiskies.
Diageo said it would donate 2 million litres of grain neutral spirit - a 96% ethyl alcohol used mainly for vodka and gin - to help manufacturers make more than 8 million 250 ml bottles of ...
Rectified spirit, also called "neutral grain spirit", is alcohol which has been purified by means of "rectification" (i.e. repeated distillation). The term neutral refers to the spirit's lack of flavor that would have been present if the mash ingredients had been distilled to a lower level of alcoholic purity.
Under the regulations governing the production of both Irish and Scotch whisky, malt whisky must be produced from a mash of 100% malted barley and must be distilled in a pot still. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Scotland, a whisky that uses other malted or unmalted cereals in the mash in addition to malted barley is termed a grain whisky. [ 2 ]