I have been experimenting with making whisky. I am not distilling the alcohol, that is illegal in the US. I start with 190 proof pure grain alcohol and take it from there. Th basic theory is to use white oak chips, treated in various manners, as a way to introduce flavors. After all, they use white oak barrels to make whisky. Anyway, I have turned out four small batches. I compare them to Old Pulteney, my favorite single malt. After very careful evaluation and tasting, I have determined that my batches are (excuse the technical term) crappy. So, I tried to learn from my experiments and put another two batches on. We will have to see how this comes out.