Re: Bourbon Barrels

On 4/6/2025 9:19 PM, Bruce wrote:

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 21:14:29 -0400, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
 

60 Minutes tonight had a segment on bourbon barrels, how they are made
and used.  Last year, Kentucky distillers bought 3.2 million charred oak
barrels.
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For a whisky to be called bourbon, it must be aged in a charred oak
barrel.  It gives the spirits color and flavor and is aged from months
to many years.  The bourbon is emptied, but the barrel lives on.
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The used barrels are shipped around the world to Europe, India, China
where they are used to age other spirits.  They showed a warehouse that
just takes them in and re-ships by the thousands.
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The episode had some influence on me.  As I'm typing this, I'm sipping a
wee bit of 7 year old Whistle Pig bourbon.

 I thought that for a whiskey to be called bourbon, it has to be made
from America's favourite food item: genetically modified corn.
 

Yes, if it has residue of Roundup it becomes premium blend.
What makes bourbon different than whiskey?
Bourbon is a specific type of whiskey that must be made in the United States with at least 51% corn in its mash, and aged in new, charred oak barrels, while whiskey is a broader category of distilled spirits made from fermented grains, which can be made anywhere and with various grain