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" http://whiskylounge.hember.name.../01/wrinkle-in-time.htmlFirst read this blog if you will. Well i have 3 small barrels intransit- 1 1liter and 2 5 liters. well i think something is missing from this guys ageing in small barrels idea. I think that yes the oaking can be greatly increased by using small barrels/ oak chips also. but doesnt time have a great deal to do with whatever happens to whiskeys when in the barrel for years??"
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Time is an issue. I can see where small barrels allow more surface contact, by volume, vs a large barrel thus picking up the flavors quicker. However, time is what mellows the whiskey. The natural circulation through a large barrel as the seasons change - can't be duplicated.
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" Originally Posted by: ratflinger  Time is an issue. I can see where small barrels allow more surface contact, by volume, vs a large barrel thus picking up the flavors quicker. However, time is what mellows the whiskey. The natural circulation through a large barrel as the seasons change - can't be duplicated. ill agree with that. I read where wine improved in smaller barrels when it was transfered across country on mules or shipped across an ocean. The shaking i guess. I think i might strap my small fish tank pump tp a small barrel and see if that effects some wine first.. i use the pump to aerate a wash that had to be heated during a mashing."
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