Tag: aging

Unlike other types of whisky – Scotch, Irish, Canadian, etc. – bourbon has no minimum aging requirement. You could pour the distillate into a new, charred white oak barrel, pour it back out immediately, and you’d have bourbon. It would…

In order to be called “straight whiskey” on the label, any variation of whiskey – bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, rye, etc. – must be aged for at least two years.

It’s starting to get cold here in Kentucky. Bourbon aging in barrels will start to contract, drawing with it the flavors and colors of the wood and the char.