3 ms·
I believe it's been tried some, but it both doesn't produce quite the same output in important ways, and it's expensive enough to do that just having a larger b
by noirbot 3y ago
I believe it's been tried some, but it both doesn't produce quite the same output in important ways, and it's expensive enough to do that just having a larger building and racking the barrels for longer isn't that much more expensive.
For most spirits, a lot of long-age stuff is about the extraction of wood flavors from the barrel it's in, which I'm not sure anyone's found a great way to do with pressure.
I know there's some difference in temperature though - higher temp aging, either just in a warmer area, or more normally with rum, creates very different aging conditions than normal Bourbon/Scotch/Cognac aging that's traditionally made in more temperate climates. The complaint about a lot of southern US bourbon is that it ends up uncomfortably over-oaked for its age.
- splonk 3y agoBuffalo Trace has an Experimental Collection where they try to isolate one variable in the aging process (temp, wood, mash bill, rickhouse location, etc.). It's interesting if you can get access to a flight of them, but they're pretty rare and expensive.