1.108 SG from 2.5lbs/gallon?

[Antler24]

Is this possible? I've got another hero on Facebook that has some pretty off the wall opinions. He owns/runs a distillery thats won several awards and claims he's getting a starting gravity of 1.108 in a bourbon mash of 1500lb grain and 600 gallon water. I know most guys here use the 2lbs/gallon rule with a goal of 10% ABV so is this guy blowing smoke or what?


Just to give a little depth, he also says that consistent results can't be had with open fermentation, 8-10% ABV mashes aren't worth the effort, fermenting on the grain is bad, and when I asked him to recommend a yeast strain he suggested liquor-qwik turbo.

PS- Before anyone thinks I'm a Facebook bully, I didn't argue with this one, I pretended to be impressed and fueled the fire lol