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Episode 040 - Barrels and Aging
In this episode, we talk about barrels, which are one of the most important parts of the distilling, aging, and blending process. No barrels, no brown spirits. Let that sink in for a minute.
Our guest is Alice Blayne Allard from Free State Cooperage, which is a company that handcrafts locally-sourced barrels right here in the Mid-Atlantic, working with distillers who care deeply about the quality of the barrels they use to age their products.
Some of the topics we discuss include:
The life cycle of a barrel, from tree, to stave, to whiskey vessel, and beyond.
The physics of aged spirits, and…
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