Why Does Chill Filtration Get The Cold Shoulder From American Whiskey Fans?

When I visited Michter’s Shively distillery last September, we were given a tour by their Master of Maturation, Andrea Wilson. Michter’s is the most vocal proponent of chill filtration of all Kentucky distilleries, maybe of all American distilleries. I wound up getting into a pretty intense discussion about the pros and cons of chill filtering with Heather Greene and Sukinder Singh, and that led to this article. I learned a lot, both about the technical side of chill filtering and just how widespread it is, especially among the bigger American distilleries. Check it out here, and go here if you want to geek out a little more about chill filtration.