Post #735957 by AdOrAdam on Sun, Jan 25, 2015 11:30 AM

Encouraging words Luna - did ageing different spirits leave a taste in the barrel for the next batch?

I drained the sherry out of my barrel at the weekend (meaning it had had 15 days in there in total). It looked like this:

The one on the bottom was the aged sherry. It had a very very slight darker colouration & very very slight woody spice to it - not smokey like the water had been previously.

There had been some evaporation in the 15 days (about 1-2%)

I promptly filled the barrel with some spiced rum I have been making (see this thread - I have kept a sample for comparison).

I have set it up in cold shed to see what happens in 3 months!