Just curious if anyone here has experimented with aging your own whiskey or any other spirit?
I’ve never tried aging bourbon at home but I have done it with rum and the results have been quite nice so far. I bought a toasted oak spiral from amazon and put half a spiral in a quart mason jar with Wray and Nephew White overproof rum and let it sit about 30 days or so. The results is a mahogany oakey Jamaican rum that not only works very well in cocktails (think Mai Tai) but also isn’t a bad sipper (although dilution helps to take way the bite of this particular rum). I haven’t tried any of those small charred oak barrels yet as I just don’t want to pay $50-60, but that’s just me. I know some have gotten great results with them.
What faux aging have you tried at home and did you like the final product? Please share your results!
I’ve never tried aging bourbon at home but I have done it with rum and the results have been quite nice so far. I bought a toasted oak spiral from amazon and put half a spiral in a quart mason jar with Wray and Nephew White overproof rum and let it sit about 30 days or so. The results is a mahogany oakey Jamaican rum that not only works very well in cocktails (think Mai Tai) but also isn’t a bad sipper (although dilution helps to take way the bite of this particular rum). I haven’t tried any of those small charred oak barrels yet as I just don’t want to pay $50-60, but that’s just me. I know some have gotten great results with them.
What faux aging have you tried at home and did you like the final product? Please share your results!
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