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20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 10:48 am
by wil
got my attention! interesting read maybe one day we can buy a chinese knock off for us hobbyists :))

http://www.wired.com/2015/04/lost-spirits/

cheers

Re: 20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:03 am
by warramungas
Group buy? :))

Re: 20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 11:40 am
by WTDist
warramungas wrote:Group buy? :))

yea ill take part in that :laughing-rolling:

Re: 20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 3:32 pm
by Nino
WTDist wrote:
warramungas wrote:Group buy? :))

yea ill take part in that :laughing-rolling:


:text-+1: :-D

Re: 20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:55 pm
by Sam.
Second time it's been posted here.

The date of the article is August last year, he has obviously revolutionized the industry as clearly the only product on the shelves are his these days..... (Insert sarcastic smiley :teasing-tease: )

Re: 20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:33 pm
by warramungas
Sam. wrote:Second time it's been posted here.

The date of the article is August last year, he has obviously revolutionized the industry as clearly the only product on the shelves are his these days..... (Insert sarcastic smiley :teasing-tease: )


Maybe, however I'm guessing, as I don't work directly with the industry, that the distillery industry is quite a traditional business model.
Probably boutique distilleries might be the first to adopt but $4000 a month for 2500 liters of finished liquor doesn't sound cheap. That's an extra $2 a liter almost. Maybe a saving over startup costs on warehousing barrels though.

Re: 20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:47 pm
by scythe
Well people do pay a premium for older spirits, isnt johnny blue 20yrs or 25yrs old and that stuff goes for about $200 for 500ml.
Making a $73 litre of azeotrope and then the extra processing cost of $2 is still only $16.25 per 500ml bottle of 46%.
So if you then sell it for $150 thats still quite a nice profit.

Re: 20 year old rum in 6 days

PostPosted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:25 pm
by bluc
+1 the inventor has his head screwed on offers a aging service rather than a technology, but I guess if it does really work then it's only a matter of time till detailed info on the process leakS.