Buffalo Trace small barrel failed experiment

[magnetic_tarantula]

http://chuckcowdery.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... y.html?m=1

This is the one that pisses me off even more about the whole. It is one thing expecting a capitalist corporation trying to fuck the competition, it is a whole other thing for someone who is an "industry expert" to be their bitch.

Someone with his level of experience no doubt has some concept of how all the individual components become a finished product. To be so obviously a puppet is well.....embarassing.

[junkyard dawg]

There are some really well written comments on chucks article...

[magnetic_tarantula]

There is, which is why I am so surprised at the complete ignorance......or at least ignoring of how small barrel spirits are checked.

If this were a legal case they would call it negligence.

To me it has 2 meanings either he is stupid, or he is somehow "in their pocket". I know he isn't stupid.

The average reader I don't think will know the difference, but it alienates people like me who know he is only telling the big distillers half of the story.

[Salmon13]

A fallacy here is to confuse increased wood influence with aging. I saw a good slideshow explaining how age could not be replicated as it is a chemical reaction that take time.

http://www.tuthilltown.com/wp-content/u ... ation1.pdf

Age takes time but a smaller barrel, increased temperature etc can speed up wood influence.

Evidence against BT is that in the Malt Maniacs top 100 bottlings (out of 15,989 bottlings) 1 was matured in a 30 litre Bloodtub barrel. This was only one of 4 bottlings distilled after 1979 in the top 100.

http://www.whisky-monitor.com/stats.jsp

[Dnderhead]

"A fallacy here is to confuse increased wood influence with aging"
I agree,all the "forced aging",hot cold and others is NOT aging.
its like looking for the fountain of youth .heat to a extent does help and cold slows it down.
its a chemical proses, some parts has been replicated but not all.now from my understanding
they have come close with rum,,they separate all out so they have a neutral,then the heads and tales
are combined in the right amounts ,a catalyst is added ,this gives you a "rum flavor" then this is
added back.this is the way the "run of the mill" rum is made that they sell in the US.

[magnetic_tarantula]

In theory I think you could break a drink down into its individual parts and put them all back together in the proper proportions and make a tasty drink. Maybe on an industrial scale it works. Someone like BT has the resources to do that. To me that isn't an experience.

I believe that when someone like myself sits down and sips on a glass of whiskey I know the history and the process involved. Understanding the nuances and how they came to be adds to my experience. Knowing that BT is trying to sabotage Artisan distillers detracts from my experience. I know I am a 1%er as far as sippin' whiskey goes. I almost exclusively buy from small distillers nowadays.