Bourbon barrels

Ed P · 2025-04-07T01:08:47+00:00

60 Minutes tonight had a segment on bourbon barrels, how they are made and used. Last year, Kentucky distillers bought 3.2 million charred oak barrels.For a whisky to be called bourbon, it must be aged in a charred oak barrel. It gives the spirits color and flavor and is aged from months to many years. The bourbon is emptied, but the barrel lives on.The used barrels are shipped around the world to Europe, India, China where they are used to age other spirits. They showed a warehouse that just takes them in and re-ships by the thousands.The episode had some influence on me. As I'm typing this, I'm sipping a we bit of 7 year old Whistle Pig bourbon.

Apr 07, 2025 Last reply: 1 year ago 40 Replies

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