bt1 wrote:Dam, Damn,
wish i could spell....
Got a 3L square glass jar from reject shop, removed the orange rubber seal and poured all the low wines into it - filled it perfectly. Low wines is just under 40% - is that about right? Smell is a little more like vodka now (although not had vodka for many years). Have closed the lid with the clamp but it's not making a good seal without the rubber there, but hopefully it'll keep the bugs out.
Once I have done 5 stripping runs - I'll have 15L of low wines around 40%. Now I've read two options - run it all by itself, or run it all but add some wash.. Or maybe it was add some low wines to each wash strip run ... aagghh :angry-banghead:
One thing I've been wondering as I've ventured into the aging area is when people say they've aged it on oak sticks or chips - what vessel are they using? I see that people usually do it at around 65% so I'm guessing that is the result of combining all the hearts. Is it a matter of chucking in chips
like these into a vessel which has a wide enough opening? Is the mouth of a demijohn wide enough? Or is it across a few different glass 3L jars? Not come across any pictures on the site showing spirit aging on oak.
Amount/weight of chips per L of spirit for bourbon whiskey. Is it needed for a UJSM wash?
Just trying to plan ahead so I'm not running around like mad at the last minute trying to find something to age it in.