On Thursday, a Master Distiller tested our vodka. He gave us a glowing review, which validated both our recipe and technique. From the wash, to the distillation, to the filtering, everything appears to be on track. While things continue to progress nicely with our vodka, whiskey and rum production are also moving forward. The first delivery of barrels arrived last week from Kentucky. There are new and used American Oak barrels (medium Char) for the whiskey, and used, French Oak wine barrels for the rum (medium toast). Most rum distilleries are aging their spirit in used whiskey barrels, but we went with wine barrels because we wanted to avoid infusing the spirit with smokiness, which creates a confusing half-whiskey-half-rum (“e.g. rumsky”). We also like the sweet flavor-notes the wine barrels impart.
The white whiskey is also coming along nicely. It has wonderful banana-notes, but it’s clean enough to use in most vodka drinks. Why clear whiskeys are not a bigger part of the spirits market is a mystery.
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