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Barrel size
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 7:43 am
by realtree71
Do you save up your whiskey or rum in glass until you can fill a larger oak barrel? I’ve found using smaller barrels can get the product hot due to surface area contact being way smaller.
Thoughts?
Re: Barrel size
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:22 am
by bitter
Gallon jugs work great with corks. Also corny kegs with seals replaced with ptfe.
Sanke kegs with spear removed a 2 inch cap and triclamp can seal it.
Can also oak the tpee way in kegs. Big cork will work in sanke keg also.
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Re: Barrel size
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:41 am
by Deplorable
Define larger.
I like 5 gallon barrels, and find that 3 or 4 25 gallon ferments will fill one. I'll put the first runs in a corny keg and when I blend the final run I blend for the barrel and fill it.
If I'm only making single batches, I age it in gallon glass jugs with a cork stopper. I'm going to give a Badmo barrel a try on this current recipe. They're the perfect size for a single ferment run in my shed.