XML 104 R87.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.7.0.1

Concentrations (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 customer supplier	Dec. 31, 2015 supplier	Dec. 31, 2014 supplier
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of suppliers	10	10	10
Ten Largest Customers [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	36.00%	42.00%	46.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers | customer	10
Grain Supplier [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	31.00%	31.00%	35.00%
Concentration risk, number of suppliers	2		1
Ten Largest Suppliers [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	63.00%	75.00%	70.00%
Net Sales [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%

X

- Definition

Concentration Risk, Number of Customers

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	mgpi_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
Namespace Prefix:	mgpi_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Concentration Risk, Number of Suppliers

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	mgpi_ConcentrationRiskNumberofSuppliers
Namespace Prefix:	mgpi_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64851502&loc=d3e6351-108592

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 20
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13531-108611

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 20
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64851502&loc=d3e6404-108592

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 21
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13537-108611

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis=mgpi_TenLargestCustomersMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis=us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis=mgpi_GrainSupplierMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis=mgpi_TenLargestSuppliersMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis=us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNetMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: