corked wine bottles

[6eight]

I have been looking around this site and others and haven't come across the answer to my question. a few weeks ago I ran some whisky and then put a charred oak stick in the jar to get some color and flavor. Now I am looking for a good way to let it age and mellow a bit. I also make wine so I was thinking about putting the whisky in an empty wine bottle I had and corking it like I would my wine. The corks allow some transfer of air and this seems to work for wine. so the question is would the cork allow the whisky to age the same way it does the wine?

[ga flatwoods]

The answer is "Yes."

Ga Flatwoods ( playing with a Magic 8 Ball for the answer)

[yakattack]

The answer is "Yes."

Ga Flatwoods ( playing with a Magic 8 Ball for the answer)

There goes flatwoods again, playing with his balls.

But all joking aside yes. When you take it off the oak with will continue to age as this is a process you can not stop. Bottle it. Let it rest for some time. You will be surprised how some time will change your spirit for the better. Just don't put oak into a narrow neck bottle as it will swell and become almost impossible to remove.

And save a bottle if this is your first run. A year from now crack it and see how its changed.

Yak

[6eight]

Thanks for the quick responses! I was hoping it would be a good alternative to a barrel. I have made a couple runs, but this will be the first one I have enough to bottle and store away. The first couple runs i was trying to get use to my setup and to practice with cuts. I have a long way to go, but I am pretty pleased with this batch. For the last one I oaked in 2 half gallon mason jars. I don't like leaving it in the mason jars longer than needed due to silicon on the lid. It was either buying the ptfe rounds I read in another post, making or buying oak mason jar lids, or using a wine bottle and natural cork. Bottle and cork seems to be my best option at this point. Hopefully I will get to the point where I make some barrel worthy spirits, but for now I will just stick a cork in it:)

[yakattack]

Yup. Oak then when it's where you want it bottle it.

If your storing in the mason jars the plastisol that is on the lids will not be affecting the likker as its not in direct contact. If I have to move mine I take off the lids personally. But I only really use mason jars for collection on a spirit run. Everything else uses the gallon jugs. Wide mouth for aging as it's easy to get oak in and out. Carboys work well too. As do the mini Sankey kegs. But be careful with glass, it sucks when you break a t gallon carboy that's full of cask strength that's aging
. trust me on this one.

Yak