Ageing spirit

[jman69]

Just wondering if a old five litre port keg can be used to age spirit?

[bluc]

Absolutely. Rum goes good in a ex pirt barrel :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Sam.]

Small barrel you won’t want to age it long :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Doubleuj]

Just make sure it doesn’t leak first

[The Stig]

Just wondering if a old five litre port keg can be used to age spirit?

No good at all , send the barrel to me and I’ll dispose of it for you :teasing-neener:

[jman69]

Thanks boys, I'm new to this game but made my first spirit the other week and it turned out pretty good. I had a friend at work (a whisky afficionardo) taste it and got a big thumbs up. Tomorrow i"m picking up an old fridge so i can ferment through the hotter months. So Stig, i don't think i can let you ''Dispose of it '' for me. sorry.
Sam, how long would you estimate ageing in a five litre keg??
Just to be clear the spirit would be watered down to 40% yeah?
Thankyou to all you're advice and merry xmas.
Dave.

[Sam.]

Depending on your climate if cool up to 6 months if hot only a couple.

Don’t go 40% in a barrel it will just be a wet oak taste, you want it in between 60 - 65% there is a chart on here somewhere hopefully someone that’s not on their phone can link it for me :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Professor Green]

Is this the one you're thinking of Sam?
http://www.aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10880&p=187928#p187928

[Sam.]

I reckon there is another one with different ABV, but that one is a good reference for ratios :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[scythe]

Yeah i know the one your on about sam, its in one of the books in the library .
Like a stacked graph, Google might help you.

[Sam.]

Yeah i know the one your on about sam, its in one of the books in the library .
Like a stacked graph, Google might help you.

I think that’s the one :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[bluc]

Differnt abv = different flavours from oak is that the one sam? If so just saw that again other day..

[Sam.]

Differnt abv = different flavours from oak is that the one sam? If so just saw that again other day..

Yeah that’s the one bud :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[bluc]

This one post 2 :handgestures-thumbupleft:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5243
Sorry nope this is toasting oak one...

[Sam.]

Ah that’s the toast/char temp for the oak not ABV. Maybe I dreamt there was a chart for ABV 8-}

[bluc]

Nope found this

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Then this

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Then this

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But still no chart :crying-blue: