Oak Aging Barrel

[ckreef]

I have been wanting to order one of these off the Internet for a while to make up a batch of aged Devil's Lemonade. Found this today in a local liquor store so Mrs skreef bought it for me for my birthday.

Contents included:

2 liter white oak barrel,

Stand,

Plug,

Tap,

Tasting glass,

Funnel and

3 x 5ths of 84 proof unaged, clear whiskey.

Will post some more pictures as the process continues.

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[MacKenzie]

Well I just hope you don't do too much tasting along the way and end up with an empty barrel before the due date.   

[skreef]

Well I just hope you don't do too much tasting along the way and end up with an empty barrel before the due date.   :smt023

No worries... We have other stock.. Lol

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[Aussie Ora]

I will check this post in 8 years lol

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[ckreef]

I will check this post in 8 years lol

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Nope, the smaller the barrel the more surface area per oz of liquor there is, so 3 - 4 months ageing in a barrel this size is like 4 - 5 years ageing in a 55 gallon barrel.

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[Aussie Ora]

Nope, the smaller the barrel the more surface area per oz of liquor there is, so 3 - 4 months ageing in a barrel this size is like 4 - 5 years ageing in a 55 gallon barrel.

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OK I have no clue that sounds alot better

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[CeramicChef]

I used to brew up some shone years ago.  We always ran it through an activated carbon charcoal filter.  The shine test out at about 175 proof.  If you injected about 2 pints into a keg of beer, you had a real party!  

Charles, I'm looking forward to your review of this product.

[MacKenzie]

CC, you were a bad influence:)

@MacKenzie - Yeah, you're right,but I got invited to a LOT of parties!    

[tinyfish]

thats so cool.

[tony b]

Did this once myself a few years back with the local distillery selling the mini barrels and white dog. While it does accelerate the aging process, you run into another well known phenomenon - the angel's share. Unfortunately, in this small of a size barrel, the large surface area to volume also means that proportionally you're going to lose a lot of product to evaporation while waiting for it to mature. In my case, it was almost half. So, I only did it the one time. Your barrel is a bit bigger than the one I have - YMMV. Will be curious to see how your's finishes out.

[ckreef]

These ageing barrels are cut to fit together with no glue. The first thing you need to do is soak the barrel in water for 2 days (sorry no picture). This gets the wood to swell up sealing the barrel from leaks.
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Next I measured my Devil's Lemonade mixture and filled the barrel.




Will post some tasting pictures along the way.

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[ckreef]

Here we are 5 days later. We'll call it a week so I can get my tasting schedule on Saturday nights. Starting to get a little color.




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[Bruce Pearson]

 What would happen if you put a couple of  small  pieces of coffee Char in there?

[tinyfish]

It has very nice colour.

[ckreef]

 What would happen if you put a couple of  small  pieces of coffee Char in there?

The inside of these small barrels are chared before assembly so it's probably not needed.


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[ckreef]

It has very nice colour.

A little smoother then my sample mix I have stashed to the side (for comparison purposes

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[CeramicChef]

This looks like a very good beginning!

[Aussie Ora]

Getting there

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[ckreef]

This looks like a very good beginning!

Getting there

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Yup getting there. With this recipe they only recommend 3 weeks. We're basically at 1 week. We'll see how it tastes along the way.

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[Aussie Ora]

That's not long at all

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