When yall age your whiskey what spices ( if any) do you add along with the oak?
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When yall age your whiskey what spices ( if any) do you add along with the oak?
I've got a stash of fresh allspice, nutmeg, star anise, cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and Madagascar vanilla beans. Anybody use any of those in their recipe?
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I'm not a supertaster myself, so if I'm trying to emulate a particular drink, I look up tasting notes for it. If I find any useful info, or can identify anything myself, I consider adding tiny amounts of the botanicals.
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I wouldn’t put anything in my whiskey other than oak but you do have a bunch of great spices for a spiced rum
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Re: When yall age your whiskey what spices ( if any) do you add along with the oak?
Nothing but oak, and time.
Peach, and apple pie on the otherhand get cinnamon sticks and a pinch of coarsely ground nutmeg.
Peach, and apple pie on the otherhand get cinnamon sticks and a pinch of coarsely ground nutmeg.
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i put dried apricots in my corn wiskey. vanilla and coco chips may be usefull but do not over do it.
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Re: When yall age your whiskey what spices ( if any) do you add along with the oak?
Added a Tonka bean to 30 liters UJSSM in an oak barrel.
Gave a great vanilla/almond taste.
Gave a great vanilla/almond taste.
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Occasionally I’ll add a piece of vanilla bean.
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Re: When yall age your whiskey what spices ( if any) do you add along with the oak?
For my whiskies it’s oak. Sometimes i’ll use oak from a wine ferment. Brandy and grappa i’ll macerate some spices or orange peels and redistill depending. I’m getting ready to do a blue agave and have read a little about pine needles so i’m researching for that - i’ll probably do a small batch with pine needles in the vapor path to make a bottle or two that way. Gin mare’s use a grain/whiskey base so there’s that to experiment with and a lightly fruit geisted clean white whiskey might be cool too with some thoughtful pairing.
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i prefer my mash shaken, not stirred
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Re: When yall age your whiskey what spices ( if any) do you add along with the oak?
I'm curious about the pine needles! I've had beer made with spruce tips (Allagash) that was unique and fantastic... Please report back.jonnys_spirit wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:51 amhave read a little about pine needles so i’m researching for that - i’ll probably do a small batch with pine needles in the vapor path to make a bottle or two that way.
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I will once I get through a few other ferments thank you I'll post notes in the Agave thread and probably do a small batch maceration or infusion after I make some base agave spirit. Probably order something like this for the pine needle botanical but looking around -TwoSheds wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:21 amI'm curious about the pine needles! I've had beer made with spruce tips (Allagash) that was unique and fantastic... Please report back.jonnys_spirit wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:51 amhave read a little about pine needles so i’m researching for that - i’ll probably do a small batch with pine needles in the vapor path to make a bottle or two that way.
I can see this as a gin like spirit with pine instead of juniper and an agave base spirit - macerated or infused and redistilled like a gin ->
http://ediblesouthwestcolorado.com/tag/ ... e-tequila/
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i prefer my mash shaken, not stirred
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i prefer my mash shaken, not stirred
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