Whiskey aging experiment

perkinke

firetruckguy

I was under the impression that whisky will not change/get better with age like other distilled alcohol. Maybe I am mistaken?

perkinke

The way I have always heard it is that it essentially stops aging/flavoring once it's bottled because it is the barrels that give it its character, but I may have gotten that wrong.

roland_7707

Sounds like a good plan. And how is that local moonshine?

perkinke

It's pretty bad, less burn than the Kentucky White Lightning as far as I remember, it's only 95 proof. I saw at the liquor store that buffalo trace and Jack Daniels has an unaged whiskey out too, not sure if those would be any better, I wasn't quite prepared to pay 50 bucks a bottle for an experiment. I was talking to the owner of the store and she said more of the big brands are coming out with moonshines or uanged versions. When I asked why, she just shrugged and said "I think the goddamn hipsters are getting into whiskey."

Rob1110

Jetmech_63

jd50ae

perkinke

Rob1110

perkinke

jd50ae

Actually kind of impressive. Be more then happy to sample it for you.

The Kid

perkinke

0patience

gmill880

Interesting ... I should be drinking more with the chaos surrounding me .

perkinke

dr_frankenstein56

The Kid

Gray4lines

I thought the carbon inside the barrel was like a filter. I'd strain out any chunks and drink it up! Does the proof inside the barrel have any impact on aging? For example, when a distillery makes bourbon, they produce the new make (moonshine) then barrel it. You have a watered down moonshine, 95 proof, which is what they'd get the finished bourbon down to after being poured out of the barrel. Can't wait to see what happens, looks like it has already taken on a good color!

Ken Light

I did this with JD unaged rye, minus the port. Filtered with simple coffee filter in a funnel, what science protocols call a "gravity filter." Very happy with the result. Color came quickly, in a week or so, good flavor took a bit longer, you can't tell anything at all from the color I'm afraid.

perkinke

Ken Light:

I did this with JD unaged rye, minus the port. Filtered with simple coffee filter in a funnel, what science protocols call a "gravity filter." Very happy with the result. Color came quickly, in a week or so, good flavor took a bit longer, you can't tell anything at all from the color I'm afraid.

How long did you age it overall?

Ken Light

perkinke:

Ken Light:

I did this with JD unaged rye, minus the port. Filtered with simple coffee filter in a funnel, what science protocols call a "gravity filter." Very happy with the result. Color came quickly, in a week or so, good flavor took a bit longer, you can't tell anything at all from the color I'm afraid.

How long did you age it overall?

I was trying to remember this when I made the last post and failed. The short, practical answer is I aged it until the darn barrel started leaking and fortunately I was still happy with the result. I'm thinking 2 months?

perkinke

Ken Light:

perkinke:

Ken Light:

I did this with JD unaged rye, minus the port. Filtered with simple coffee filter in a funnel, what science protocols call a "gravity filter." Very happy with the result. Color came quickly, in a week or so, good flavor took a bit longer, you can't tell anything at all from the color I'm afraid.

How long did you age it overall?

I was trying to remember this when I made the last post and failed. The short, practical answer is I aged it until the darn barrel started leaking and fortunately I was still happy with the result. I'm thinking 2 months?

Oh that's cool, I was expecting to keep it longer than that before it really tasted good, I used the JD in one of my barrels as well and a local distillery's moonshine in the other.