Re: Bourbon Barrels

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 1:14:29 +0000, Ed P 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.
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The Jack Daniel's distillery ships their barrels to
Scotland for their production of Scotch.  At least
that's what they say, probably ship barrels to
other places as well.  Jack also makes their own
charcoal as well, I'm guessing other distillers
do, too.
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