which USA state produces the most whiskey?

Answer 1

Tennessee. Jack Daniels produced there.

Answer 2

Bourbon can legally be made anywhere in the United States where it is legal to distill spirits. However, today all but a few brands are made in Kentucky, and the drink is associated strongly with that state.
“ When American pioneers pushed west of the Allegheny Mountains following the Revolution, the first counties they founded covered vast regions. One of these original, huge counties was Bourbon, established in 1785 and named after the French royal family. While this vast county was being carved into many smaller ones, early in the 19th century, many people continued to call the region Old Bourbon. Located within Old Bourbon was the principal Ohio River port from which whiskey and other products were shipped to market. "Old Bourbon" was stenciled on the barrels to indicate their port of origin. Old Bourbon whiskey was different because it was the first corn whiskey most people had ever tasted, and they liked it. In time, bourbon became the name for any corn-based whiskey.[1] ”

It is often written that many of the original distillers of bourbon were Pennsylvanians fleeing taxation during and after the Whiskey Rebellion, but this claim is widely disputed.

A refinement usually credited to Dr. James C. Crow was the sour mash process, by which each new fermentation is conditioned with some amount of spent mash (previously fermented mash that has been separated from its alcohol). The acid introduced by using the sour mash controls the growth of bacteria that could taint the whiskey and creates a proper pH balance for the yeast to work. As of 2005, all straight bourbons use a sour mash process. Dr. Crow developed this refinement while working at the Old Oscar Pepper Distillery (now the Woodford Reserve Distillery) in Woodford County, Kentucky. (Spent mash is also known as distillers spent grain, stillage, slop or feed mash, so named because it is used as animal feed.)

Most bourbons are distilled in Kentucky, and it is sometimes said that only Kentucky whiskey can properly be called bourbon. As of today, there are no running distilleries within the current boundaries of Bourbon County due to new counties being formed from Bourbon County since early whiskey making days.

An act of the U.S. Congress in 1964 declared bourbon to be "America's Native Spirit" and its official distilled spirit.[2] A concurrent resolution of the U.S. Congress restricted bourbon to U.S. production. Some of the most common stories about its origins are untrue, such as its invention by Baptist minister and distiller Elijah Craig. Each county in Kentucky tends to name a favorite son as the "inventor" of bourbon. In fact, there was no single "inventor" of the product, which evolved into its present form only in the late 19th century.[3]

Answer 3

In Kentucky. The state has 12 operating distilleries that produce 90 to 95 percent of the world's supply of bourbon. Bourbon can be made in other places in the U.S., but you cannot add the state name to the label. Only Kentucky has this distinction.
Tennessee is in 2nd place.

Answer 4

Kentucky

Answer 5

This would be Kentucky the home of Bourbon . lots of inferior whiskies are produced in Tennesee and the yankee states but they do not compare to superior bourbon. Try Old Rip Van Winkle its my personal favorite.

Answer 6

tennessee is the wrong answer. Its kentucky that produces more whiskey.

Answer 7

no sorry jack (daniels) its kentucky by a long margin .... jim beam, makers, heaven hill, very old barton, 4 roses, wild turkey, evan williams, woodford reserve, angels envy, bulleitt, town ranch, New Riff Distillery, Boone County Distilling Co, Old Pogue Distillery, Hartfield & Co distilery, Barrel House Distilling Co. Bluegrass Distillers, Town Branch Distillery, Wilderness Trail Distillery, . Limestone Branch Distillery, Willett Distillery, Kentucky Artisan Distillery, Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co, Corsair Distillery, MB Roland Distillery, smurfetta was right a decade ago but now theres over 25 working distillers in KY tennessee can keep their jack daniels ill keep my makers

Answer 8

Maybe Kentucky!

Answer 9

Tennasee, they have Jack Daniels whiskey, though its nothing compared to what the Scots and irish make, that stuff makes you fall over, so it must be good!

Answer 10

Tennessee, home of Jack Daniels