I am aging some french brandy made with neutral spirits and still spirits essence in a 2litre wooden keg
The taste is improving with age , if I leave it alone long enough , but keep topping it up .
How much would I be loosing in the angels share
Aging in a small wooden keg
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Re: Aging in a small wooden keg
However much you have to add to top it off.
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Re: Aging in a small wooden keg
I quit worrying about that stuff a little while ago, it really came home to me on the w'end though when i sloshed 3 or 4 litres of 60% out of my reflux jar into my olive drum fermenters and stuck the household mop (bourbon girl wasn't watching) in to slosh it all around and cut through the olive oil, then tipped it out onto the compost
It's just so meaningless the quantities nowadays


It's just so meaningless the quantities nowadays

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Re: Aging in a small wooden keg
I am drinking it as it ages , so top up will be a lot moreHawke wrote:However much you have to add to top it off.
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Re: Aging in a small wooden keg
Then the answer must be what you need to add, less what you drink
Cheers.
Really, too many variables to give an answer.

Cheers.
Really, too many variables to give an answer.
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Re: Aging in a small wooden keg
Rod wrote: I am drinking it as it ages , so top up will be a lot more
Sounds like a lot less than your share!
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