Naked Spirits Distillery Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Question for a barrel gurus out there. I am considering purchasing a rum brand that includes barrels still in a tropical climate. I have read on how barrels age based on climate, but does anyone have experience in when a barrel would potentially pass the point of no return in tropical climates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpy's Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Recently had some 12 year old stuff from Antigua that was fantastic. Definitely wasn't too much wood so I'd venture to guess past 12 years depending on cooperage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Spirits Distillery Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 My concern is I am looking a 20+ years. I have not seen many 20+ out there. I read once that Jamison had a break point of about 27 years and that was a climate no where near tropics obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumpy's Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 6 minutes ago, Naked Spirits Distillery said: My concern is I am looking a 20+ years. I have not seen many 20+ out there. I read once that Jamison had a break point of about 27 years and that was a climate no where near tropics obviously. Get a hold of Johnny VerPlanck. He can tell you all things about rum. One of the best in the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rum Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 There are different factors to consider. Pot vs. column. New vs. used cooperage. Can you get samples to try? I just had some Appleton Joy a few nights ago. One of my absolute favorites. Aged a minimum of 25 years. It is not over-aged by any stretch. If the juice is good, that age in rum will get you a very high potential retail price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Spirits Distillery Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 20 hours ago, Rum said: There are different factors to consider. Pot vs. column. New vs. used cooperage. Can you get samples to try? I just had some Appleton Joy a few nights ago. One of my absolute favorites. Aged a minimum of 25 years. It is not over-aged by any stretch. If the juice is good, that age in rum will get you a very high potential retail price. I have samples coming my way now. I also am getting details on inventory and age, but I don't have those yet. Glad to hear your recent 25 year was not overaged. I have heard great things about the juice I am referring to, but I don't have all the details yet. I just had the fear of the barrels being overaged already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rum Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 The samples will tell you what you need to know! I tasted some 23 year old from Nicaragua that was a very small part of a blend we were bottling for another brand a few years ago. I am not sure that I would call it over-aged, but it wasn't very good. It tasted like pretty boring one dimensional column rum aged in barrels without a lot of life in them. So many factors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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