Aging Scotch whisky on toasted and charred new staves

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Black ghost
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Aging Scotch whisky on toasted and charred new staves

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I have 10 litres of scotch whisky aging on new medium toasted oak. I know Im supposed to use used bourbon staves that have been charred but cant seem to get any at a decent price. A guy I know had promised me some but Im still waiting and have given up on him.

So I was thinking of just charring some more of my medium toasted oak and replacing them with the oak I am already using. Will this still give me a decent scotch whisky even though they havent been used on bourbon previously?
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Re: Aging Scotch whisky on toasted and charred new staves

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I think medium toast will be fine. Scotch is aged in used, charred, bourbon barrels, so I don't think you would get the full effect of a newly charred barrel. It's all subjective to personal taste anyway.
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