{"id":30614,"date":"2024-06-04T16:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T20:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gervasivineyard.com\/?p=30614"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T19:27:50","slug":"leading-a-more-spirited-life-learning-about-gervasis-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gervasivineyard.com\/leading-a-more-spirited-life-learning-about-gervasis-spirits\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading a More Spirited Life Learning about Gervasi Spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Options are always good except when it makes you wonder if you’re missing a new experience when you are at The Still House<\/a> at Gervasi Vineyard Resort & Spa<\/a> and you order your standard drink — a bourbon straight up.<\/p>\n

A little information and background on Gervasi Vineyard Resort & Spa\u2019s award-winning spirits can extend your options when ordering and knowing a few details can help enhance your experience.<\/p>\n

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Getting to Know Gervasi\u2019s Bourbon<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Still House<\/a> is all about Gervasi Spirits<\/a>. GV\u2019s Still House offers three unique flavors in their small-batch bourbons.<\/p>\n

Details always matter. The first detail in learning more about bourbon is that it is different than whiskey. Bourbon is made from a fermented grain mixture that has to be at least 51% corn and whiskey is made from any combination of fermented mashed grains.\u00a0 There is some debate about when bourbon was invented, but it is believed that it was sometime in the late 1700s when the Scot and Scot-Irish immigrants moved into the region that is now known as Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Bourbon is also unique because it needs to begin the aging process in new, charred, oak barrels. The Lincoln County Process of 1825 helped separate what was known as Tennessee whiskey from Kentucky bourbon.<\/p>\n

Bourbon can be aged, matured, and rested \u2013 all terms to describe a spirit that has been given time to rest – often in a barrel, but sometimes it can be rested in stainless steel tanks.<\/p>\n

There are a variety of bourbons such as a white dog bourbon, a bourbon that is straight off the still and usually not touched by a barrel.<\/p>\n

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Gervasi\u2019s head distiller, Shae Pridemore, said, \u201cI enjoy white dog bourbons a lot because you can tell a lot about a distiller from his clear\/white product before it touches a barrel, from his mash bill\/recipe, fermentation, and how he likes to run his still.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, there is a blended bourbon, a product with spirits from multiple distilleries brought together for a specific flavor profile or produced with products from the same distillery.<\/p>\n

Small-batch bourbon refers to bourbon distilled in small batches or quantities. Each distillery determines what is considered a \u201csmall batch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Gervasi, our small batch is 40 gallons at a time. In other distilleries, it could be 100 gallons, 10 gallons, or maybe 1,000 gallons for some larger distilleries. There is no legal definition of what quantities make up the description,\u201d Shae said.<\/p>\n

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Gervasi spirits are rooted in Gervasian artistry<\/a> with passionate craft and creativity, offering mystique, intrigue and glamour. Gervasi distills three amazing bourbons including:<\/p>\n