Hi Guys and Gals,
first time posting but have found this forum INVALUABLE for information for someone starting out, so firstly, thank you
so I'm looking for advice for 'the next step'
so far my distilling history,
made my own forced reflux still that works amazingly well for neutral spirits, used turbo mashes and essences to make something that resembled scotch (my drink of choice)
moved on from turbo's to TPW and have continued success with these, moved on to a whiskey profile kit and now make something nice and drinkable.
moved on from there and added oak chips and the quality has improved, but compared to say, johny black.... not even close.
Ive now invested in a 10L oak Barrel,
the question is... what's the next step, im thinking about pulling the packing out of the forced reflux still and making something along the lines of a cornflakes wash, putting that on the new oak barrel, looking for any an d all advise please.
BTW, I live in QLD Australia and my ideal drink of choice, is Johny blue
thanks