xcvator wrote:As it's only been running for a week it's a bit hard to tell. The jar on the right is my Drambuie and it's has made a huge difference there, and not for the best, it seems to have lost quite a bit of the herbs and spices taste so that's been taken off the aeration atm. 2nd from the right is tpw with some raisins and a french oak domino that was put down on the 28/12/15, it's drinkable now but I expect it to have a large change over the next week or so. 3rd jar is "still spirits single malt whisky " now that 1 should show a pretty dramatic change over a couple of weeks, and the last 1 on the extreme left is double distilled wheat bix whisky down for 1 week with 1 american oak domino, so nfi what that should taste like. My stoppers are just paper towel rolled up very tightly, cheap but effective, like me :-D
Well today was sample day.
Does aeration help with ageing ? you can bet your left knacker on it :laughing-rolling:
The "still spirits" stuff is amazing, I would rate it at almost as good as "chivas regal"
very smooth, good flavour, no nasty bite, and a really nice warming in the chest afterwards which for $ 9-00 for 3 bottles in 3 weeks is pretty good I reconn :handgestures-thumbupleft:
The jar with the raisins and oak dominoes has developed a sweet, slightly bourbonish flavour but that too is very smooth to drink. :-D
Overall I'm very happy with this result, especially when you consider the small once off outlay and the short time period involved in this experiment :)) Now I know I can make my booze without the risk of leaving it for somebody else to drink :laughing-rolling: