store bought...aging

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Corn
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store bought...aging

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I bought two of the cheap little economy kegs from brewhaus yesterday and my sugar wash that im making wont yield enough to fill both of them so i got to thinking. Has anyone tried to age a store bough corn liqour? Like everclear, georgia moon, virginia lightning...Im going to try a bottle of everclear in one of them just for kicks....anyone done this?
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From what I hear don't, unless you want to feel better about your own
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Save your money....aged crap is just older crap, and why use up a perfectly good keg for it.
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I wouldn't waste the kegs on a sugar wash either. Save the kegs for a grain mash. You'll get a much better product. Use a sugar wash for a neutral such as vodka that won't need aging.
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Ive drank some quite tasty charred sugar likker myself.
I use a pot still.Sometimes with a thumper
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haa....well 4 to none wins.
thanks for the replies
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