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Barrel Science
7 articles tagged “Barrel Science”
Bourbon has to age in new, charred oak, but the law doesn't specify which kind. Almost every distillery ends up making the same choice anyway.
Most bourbon ages in barrels holding around 53 gallons, but that's a tradition, not a rule. Some distilleries use much smaller barrels instead…
Long before a whiskey ages a single day, distillers make a decision that shapes everything that follows: the proof it enters the barrel at.
Michigan's weather does more than shape what people wear outside. It shapes what's happening inside every barrel aging in the state.
Two barrels filled the same day, from the same batch, can still taste different. Where they end up stored in the warehouse is a big part...
These two terms get used almost interchangeably, but they describe genuinely different steps in making a barrel.
Every bourbon barrel gets set on fire briefly before it's filled, and how long that burn lasts changes a lot about what ends up in the...
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