tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post3991839747212316157..comments2024-03-19T20:31:23.141-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: Bourbon Boom as Beer; the Goose Island Bourbon County Series.Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-91281785636467400782014-08-04T16:59:24.585-05:002014-08-04T16:59:24.585-05:00That's called 'sweating the barrel' an...That's called 'sweating the barrel' and it's a venerable tradition wherever whiskey is made. Use about 15 gallons of water and roll the barrel around in the sun until you get tired. Then dump it. Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-63146106269980813992014-08-04T15:55:00.707-05:002014-08-04T15:55:00.707-05:00If you can get hold of a recently emptied barrel y...If you can get hold of a recently emptied barrel you can try this. bring a gallon of water, preferably KY branch water from the Knobs area, and pour it into the bung hole, put the bung back and wait a couple hours and remove some pretty good bourbon. Assuming you started with a pretty good bourbon barrel. Mark from Montananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-2536782666075294062014-08-04T11:02:43.370-05:002014-08-04T11:02:43.370-05:00Was schmoozing with a GI rep recently while doing ...Was schmoozing with a GI rep recently while doing an in-store BCS tasting. He said that they had one of the largest barrel aging warehouses before the buyout, now THE largest in N America aging around 60,000 barrels for the BCS series. I was pretty shocked at those figures. <br /><br />I know for myself, the inability to buy the stuff has led me to take matters into my own hands. It's cheaper to buy a new 2L mini barrel and 'season' it with your own fav bourbon and then your own fav beer every year than it is to chase the limited barrel-aged stuff like BCS. The results are well worth the effort, too. Funky Tapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271221564702147756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-49012985017831504782014-08-04T10:42:25.322-05:002014-08-04T10:42:25.322-05:00I've had a stout aged in bourbon barrels made ...I've had a stout aged in bourbon barrels made by Yalabousha Brewery in Water Valley, Mississippi. It was excellent, and there's no doubt you could taste the impact of the bourbon barrell.NMissChttp://nmisscommentor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-54410874474191494772014-08-03T12:44:25.905-05:002014-08-03T12:44:25.905-05:00Jack Daniel's grinds used whiskey barrels that...Jack Daniel's grinds used whiskey barrels that are unfit to be sold for other whisky's<br />into smoking chips for use in barbecue grills and smokers. I use a bag up every 2 years. I asked about this when we visited Brown-Forman's cooperage on the last Chuck Cowdery Bourbon Tour. They still are grinding barrels, but not as many as in the past. Guess bad leakers are in demand overseas too right now.snakemannoreply@blogger.com