Treatment and handling of your distillate.
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Wino2Distill
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by Wino2Distill » Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:32 am
I was gifted a 20L charred american oak barrel for christmas (I'm a lucky boy
). As a winemaker, I understand oak barrel pretty well, but charred?!
This is a curve ball as I've gearing up to distill ciders and other fruit ferments. I guess I'm supposed to make whiskey now, but do you guys know if charred barrels are used for anything else??
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by Bohunk » Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:12 am
If the barrel has been charred, it's worthless, ruined beyond repair. BUT, I'm willing to take it off your hands. Ha
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by nerdybrewer » Sat Jan 07, 2017 10:28 am
Wino2Distill wrote:I was gifted a 20L charred american oak barrel for christmas (I'm a lucky boy
). As a winemaker, I understand oak barrel pretty well, but charred?!
This is a curve ball as I've gearing up to distill ciders and other fruit ferments. I guess I'm supposed to make whiskey now, but do you guys know if charred barrels are used for anything else??
That's what I use for brandy, rum, whisky.
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bitter
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by bitter » Sat Jan 07, 2017 11:43 am
Char'd is perfect! Nice gift!
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by Pikey » Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:34 pm
Wino2Distill wrote:I was gifted a 20L charred american oak barrel for christmas (I'm a lucky boy
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by Wino2Distill » Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:28 am
That's what I use for brandy, rum, whisky.
I think I'll go with rum if I can find panela around here. Thanks!
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bitter
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by bitter » Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:37 am
Rum is normally in a used barrel.. so might want to make a batch of whiskey first and then do rum.
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by Wino2Distill » Sat Jan 14, 2017 9:52 am
bitter wrote:Rum is normally in a used barrel.. so might want to make a batch of whiskey first and then do rum.
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aargh, I'm not keen on learning how to make whiskey just yet, but I'll think about it...
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by still_stirrin » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:44 am
Pikey wrote:Wino2Distill wrote:I was gifted a 20L charred american oak barrel for christmas.
All I got was a whiskey glass withn a rechargeable ice cube !
I got one of those sets too! Its perfect for a couple of fingers of my C.O.B.
