Bourbon Making Workshopanbsp; COURSE OVERVIEW This day-long workshop combines classroom instruction, hands-on bourbon distilling, and advanced sensory training for professionals in the bourbon industry as well as advanced enthusiasts. Instruction includes thorough analysis of the individual components of the distillate and the production process, as well as an examination of history, context, standards of identity, and bourbonarsquo;s relationship to other whiskeys. STRUCTURE Day-long workshop Classroom instruction and demonstrations Hands-on production in distillery Sensory training COURSE OBJECTIVES To provide a standardized bourbon education, along with the tools and techniques to further participants' study and understanding of bourbon, its production, and aging science. LEARNING OUTCOMES Students will be able to list the standards of identity for whiskey and for bourbon, and be able to identify the differences between the two distillates. Students will be able to explain the basic science of the distillation process. Students will be able to define and explain the different bourbon classifications and Bottled in Bond, and be able to identify bourbons belonging to each class. Students will be able to identify basic differences in proof, age and mashbill in a blind sensory evaluation. Students will understand the distillation and aging aspects of bourbon.