A year ago, I half-filled a mason jar with some bourbon to age while covered with parchment paper. I took it out today and it's contaminated with what I have to assume is the silicone from the parchment paper.
The original batch is on the right.
At the time, I was unaware that parchment paper gets its non-stick properties from a surface coating of silicone. I had tried this as an experiment in oxygen transfer during aging. Clearly this is something to avoid.
Parchment Paper
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greggn
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I drank fifty pounds of feed-store corn
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I drank fifty pounds of feed-store corn
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Re: Parchment Paper
greggn wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 12:30 pm A year ago, I half-filled a mason jar with some bourbon to age while covered with parchment paper. I took it out today and it's contaminated with what I have to assume is the silicone from the parchment paper.
The original batch is on the right.
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At the time, I was unaware that parchment paper gets its non-stick properties from a surface coating of silicone. I had tried this as an experiment in oxygen transfer during aging. Clearly this is something to avoid.
Well? How does it taste?
Have you tried it as a furniture polish?
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Re: Parchment Paper
I tried to take another photo to show the viscous, sediment-laden, foul nature of the test sample but it revolted me. It got dumped on the weeds.
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'till my clothes were ratty and torn
I drank fifty pounds of feed-store corn
'till my clothes were ratty and torn
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