Cherry Wood Aged Whiskey

Aging whisky in a barrel can take time.

Cherry wood aged whiskey.

An average unaged whiskey works best here. Higher proof whiskey tends to age better and is used by whiskey companies in their products. Gentle baking spice and cherry flavors aren t enough to redeem the assault of wood. Place the ingredients into the mason jar or simply add the wood to the whiskey bottle.

Opt for whiskey of proof 115 or higher if possible. Jj neukomm missouri malt whiskey. Freshly cut cherry is often very pale but the wood oxidizes to its famously favorable rich brown red in time. Aged whiskey can be golden colored to caramel to dark brown.

Then that same liquid was finished in four other barrels oloroso sherry barrel amontillado sherry barrel ruby port barrel and tawny port barrel. It s a single barrel expression aged in missouri oak and bottled at 45 abv. Made with disruptive pressure aging technology and finished on black cherry wood it had a nice added sweetness and was easily the best of all these speedy whiskeys i tried. Combine the wood and whiskey.

Wood from the cherry tree is characterised by its porousness. Woodford reserve distillery series products are available only at the distillery and select kentucky retailers. Adding complex flavours of fine wine capers and ginger spice. This one from square one brewery and distillery in saint louis seems to be the least cherrywood heavy of the three with only 25 cherry smoked malt.

Distilled in kentucky and aged in new charred oak barrels before undergoing the terrepure process. Aromas of lumber wood spice and butterscotch give way to pencil shavings toasted sawdust and cloying sweetness on the palate. It also makes spirits much more palatable by removing some of the chemicals that make whiskey taste hot or harsh to spot aged whiskey all you need to do is evaluate the color of the spirit which is easy to do since almost all whiskey bottles are clear. Using pieces of charred wood inside your glass bottles can make this aging process exponentially faster.

The rest of the mash bill is unsmoked malted barley. In many cases whiskey will be aged in casks formerly used for other types of potables such as port madeira or sauternes. A world first this limited edition release is a single pot still irish whiskey aged in ex bourbon and sherry casks finished in wild cherry wood casks. In those cases the restrictions on the type of wood used will be.