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To: TheProducer

Bourbon barrels are also now being used to age “ale” and “beer”.


2 posted on 05/28/2014 12:45:41 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

Bourbon barrels cannot be reused for bourbon, bourbon must be aged in new white oak barrels that are charred. They have been reused for scotch and wines for years.


7 posted on 05/28/2014 12:53:44 PM PDT by centurion316
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When I was in Barbados, we toured the rum distillery. They use the recycled barrels from Jim Beam in Kentucky.


58 posted on 05/28/2014 3:29:14 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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