Cherry Wood Aged Whiskey

Combine the wood and whiskey.

Cherry wood aged whiskey.

Freshly cut cherry is often very pale but the wood oxidizes to its famously favorable rich brown red in time. The rest of the mash bill is unsmoked malted barley. Jj neukomm missouri malt whiskey. Opt for whiskey of proof 115 or higher if possible.

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. Aromas of lumber wood spice and butterscotch give way to pencil shavings toasted sawdust and cloying sweetness on the palate. Aged whiskey can be golden colored to caramel to dark brown. Distilled in kentucky and aged in new charred oak barrels before undergoing the terrepure process.

Aging whisky in a barrel can take time. 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. Woodford reserve five wood began as standard bourbon aged in a standard oak barrel. Adding complex flavours of fine wine capers and ginger spice.

Other names black cherry capulin cherry chisos wild cherry choke cherry edwards plateau cherry escarpment cherry gila choke cherry mountain black cherry new england mahogany plum rum cherry southwestern chokecherry whiskey. In those cases the restrictions on the type of wood used will be. 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. Woodford reserve distillery series products are available only at the distillery and select kentucky retailers.

Gentle baking spice and cherry flavors aren t enough to redeem the assault of wood. Higher proof whiskey tends to age better and is used by whiskey companies in their products. It s a single barrel expression aged in missouri oak and bottled at 45 abv. Wood from the cherry tree is characterised by its porousness.

In many cases whiskey will be aged in casks formerly used for other types of potables such as port madeira or sauternes. An average unaged whiskey works best here. Place the ingredients into the mason jar or simply add the wood to the whiskey bottle. Then that same liquid was finished in four other barrels oloroso sherry barrel amontillado sherry barrel ruby port barrel and tawny port barrel.