ALL KIND OF DISTILLERIES MAKE ALL KIND OF SPIRITS

 

Japanese Kikori Rice Whisky

There are about 200 distilleries in Scotland to produce Scotch whisky, and 3000 distilleries in the Cognac region to produce cognac, and these numbers are pretty stable for decades. There are now about 1300 distilleries in the USA, a big jump from the 200 distilleries back 10 years ago.

What do they do?

Some make standard spirits in their category, while other try to step out the trenches.
The Whiskey Wash offers a list of what they call 'weird whiskeys', which too me look fine.

1. Koval Distillery in Chicago, Illinois make a whiskey of 51% corn—no surprises there—and then 49% millet, a rarely-used grain that’s actually closely related to corn.
2. Early Times Kentucky Whisky (no “e”) is made just like bourbon in all respects, except for one very important one. Instead of using exclusively new charred oak casks for maturation, about 20% of the aging stock is stored in used oak casks.
3. Kikori Rice Whisky. While most Japanese whisky is made from malted barley, just like Scotch, Kikori Rice Whisky uses a different grain: rice. www.kikoriwhiskey.com
4. Dry Fly Triticale Whiskey is made from wheat or rye aren’t that unusual, but Triticale is a hybrid grain combining wheat’s productivity with rye’s toughness. 
5. White Owl Whisky is made from aged stock that is put through a filtering process that strips all color out of the spirit. A clear whisky!

Source: Whiskey Wash