Future oak use suggestion

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Future oak use suggestion

Postby bt1 » Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:18 pm

Hello all,

One tip off from working on this Irish whiskey is I'd strongly recommend if you have some very very lightly toasted oak or plain for that matter is to throw a pile into sherry in a spare jar and just let it sit, changing sherry after about the first 6 weeks or so. Years wouldn't hurt either.

It will make a bloody lovely soft timber for a whiskey down the track. You just never know when you might be tempted to make a lighter style...get a head start!

It just will give you more choices and varying flavours in the future.

bt1

ps port would be worth doing as well.
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Re: Future oak use suggestion

Postby Frank » Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:01 pm

dry sherry I presume?
and tawny port?
:?
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Re: Future oak use suggestion

Postby squid » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:42 pm

That'd work well. I've read on HD.org about using sherry to finish a blended irish whiskey.
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Re: Future oak use suggestion

Postby bt1 » Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:20 am

Naturally Frank,

I learnt that from you :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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