Defiant 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 the distillery that sits upon it. From the peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the glass in your hand, their water is pure. Nothing added. No filtering needed.