Used to buy Scotch whisky in Florida -- B&L I think was the brand name -- that
was put in barrels as ballast on ships so there was no labor involved in
turning them. It wasn't bad stuff, and cheap. And, best I recall, you could buy
a six-pack of ABC beer for $1 back then. Hauled a good bit of that "back north"
also.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Yes, that works. Some unscrupulous makers of Cognac would buy broken
> Limousin oak barrels or offcuts for just that purpose (Cognac uses
> new barrels, once) although it is seriously illegal - 'boisinée' I
> think it's called.
> Do it right and it would be hard to distinguish from the real thing.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 04/04/2007, at 9:57 AM, Moose wrote:
>
> > Apparently you can age it in a rocker, a barrel or vat with a lot of
> > charred oak chips that is constantly, slowly rocked, to a quality much
> > like of years of barrel aging in a few days, or so I was told.
>
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