PDF: Aging of Whiskey in barrels of non-traditional volumes

[Single Malt Yinzer]

Masters Thesis for John Jeffery of Sante Fe Spirits. I haven't read it well, just skimmed it for now. Covers smaller barrels from 2-10 gallons and also the use of Oak Spirals. Tons of charts. After I read it I'll post up the bigger items.

PDF: http://bourbonr.com/blog/wp-content/upl ... VOLUME.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Interview with John Jeffery: http://whiskeyreviewer.com/2015/01/qa-w ... ts_011915/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

[StillerBoy]

Thank you for providing the links on the info..

Greatly appreciated, as I am in the process of researching oaking and aging, so the info is of valve to me..

Mars

[Big Stogie]

great read, my head is spinning a bit lol

[buflowing]

Good find stiller fan. A good read deserves a bump. viewtopic.php?f=4&t=60514

[Single Malt Yinzer]

Damn it I totally searched for this! Sorry, I didn't mean to repost.

[Antler24]

Nice read. Page 69 reassures a theory I've had for quite a while. Basically it states that over oaked spirit can come back into it's own, given enough time.

[Antler24]

I was poking around over on the ADIforums and found a post about aging bourbon. A guy posted saying he'd been dumping his 5g barrels at 8-10 months but left one of his first barrels for 2.5yrs. He pulled a sample thinking it would be horribly over oaked but it was fantastic in his words. I dug into his profile and emailed him hoping he'd share more info on that barrel but no reply yet. I'll post it here if he replies and doesn't mind.

[WIski]

Antler Wrote'
A guy posted saying he'd been dumping his 5g barrels at 8-10 months

This is the time frame where I cant stand it anymore and dump mine as well. It just seems that anymore time in the barrel and I will have wrecked the sweet nectar with to much wood. A sacrificial experiment may be in order.

[Antler24]

Antler Wrote'
A guy posted saying he'd been dumping his 5g barrels at 8-10 months

This is the time frame where I cant stand it anymore and dump mine as well. It just seems that anymore time in the barrel and I will have wrecked the sweet nectar with to much wood. A sacrificial experiment may be in order.

Yeah I'm not at the point where I want to buy a barrel yet. I want to get into all grain and play around with recipes first. When the time comes I would love to be able to leave it for 2-3yrs, but I don't want to be the guinea pig that tries it first lol