rumfarmer Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Anyone experience with aging their spirit in previously used bourbon barrels? If so, I am curious about the number of uses that can be expected. I know the extraction of flavors will decrease with each fill and empty, but is there any kind of rule-of-thumb here? Any help will be greatly appreciated. The cost of barrel experiments in Hawaii is quite a bit higher on the mainland due to our outrageous shipping costs. I would like to simply avoid any obvious mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeelingWhiskeyCo Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Hi smoogdob In Ireland and the UK we use Ex-Bourbon barrels all the time. You can get 3 uses no problem. I Scotland they get a 4th use in but they are not that concerned about extracting color on the 4th use. What I mean buy that is that the spirit will loose its fire but not take on much flavor or color from the casks. The Scots then re-char the 4th fill casks but I would avoid this if possible. Re-chars are not great casks and take some skilled work to get right. So if I was distilling in Hawaii I would not have a problem with 3 uses and you can get a 4th if you needed it. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumfarmer Posted September 5, 2012 Author Share Posted September 5, 2012 Thanks so much Alex. This is good news for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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