Defiant American Single Malt WhiskyDefiant is a new way of distilling, not bound by barrels or recipes or tradition. They use the best ingredients, Mother Nature and intuition. They only use four ingredients. Barley: Two row premium malted brewer's barley. Oak Maturation: Their proprietary aging process is far more efficient than barrels. Yeast: fermentation is the most important part of the process. Water: The owners of Blue Ridge Distillery found their water source before they built