Toasting Ingredients in Fermented and Distilled Beverages

They’ve been both revered and reviled throughout history, produced by many of our country’s founding fathers and later prohibited by way of a Constitutional Amendment. The popularity of beer, wine, and distilled spirits is seen around the world, as these beverages play roles in people’s enjoyment, culture, economy, and rituals.

At one time people would simply ferment fruit or wet grain in clay and wood pots to produce wine- or beer-like beverages. Today, modern equipment and myr…