paula@morpheusstudio.com Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Can anyone give me advice on topping off whiskey barrels? Do you most of you top off? Help. thx p2c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountySeat Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 What are you considering "topping off"? Filling all the way to the bung hole? Adding more new make as the angle's share evaporates? If its the latter, I think you would have issues with age statements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEPA-still-chillin Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Yeah I would think the same, I know you can do that with wine but say 1/4 of your barrel evaporated over 6-7 years and when you open it and top it off to get a better harvest I couldn't imagine that Bourbon could fly as a 6/7 year old Bourbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 You can always advertise solera method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickdiculous Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 There is a bit of tradition in doing what you are discussing. Many moonshiners or home distillers would do this. They would take a bit from a barrel and add a bit of new stuff. I agree the age statement is a bit of question mark if you are planning on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 If you empty one barrel to top off 10 of the same age then theres no issue with age statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRS Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 I believe that whenever whiskies of different ages are blended--in the barrel or out, the age statement needs to reflect the newest made whiskey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silk City Distillers Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I would think that the other issue here is that topping off may not meet the type designation depending on what you are making. For example. New barrel, bourbon. If you were to top it off with new make, that new make ain't bourbon, because the barrel isn't new. So now you've turned your barrel of Bourbon into a Barrel of Whiskey Distilled from Bourbon Mash. Am I off the mark here? And this would be in addition to issues with the age statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffw Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I agree with you jamesbednar. I wonder though if you merely combined bourbon's of the same age to consolidate barrels. If you did that though, not sure how you would report angel's share stuff to the TTB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paula@morpheusstudio.com Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Thank you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craft Distillery Resources Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 You would not get proper aging if you top it up. You need that air space to create esters etc that make whiskey taste right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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