When it comes to wine and whiskey – especially bourbon – the oak barrel reigns, not just as a container, but also for the ...

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Angel's Envy is hardly a hipster whiskey, but its reps can say that they were cask finishing long before it was cool. Cask ...

Bourbon barrels are another category, pioneered in the 20th century by Chilean mega-maker Concho y Toro with its American label, 1000 Stories. It involves using American oak, blackened and heavily ...

American Oak: An alternative to French oak for making barrels in which to age wine. Marked by strong vanilla, dill and cedar notes, it is used primarily for aging Cabernet, Merlot and Zinfandel, for ...

New American oak barrels can be purchased for about half the price of French oak barrels. Sign Up for Free Email Newsletters Sign up for Wine Spectator’s Free Email Newsletters and stay up-to -date ...

The distiller’s beer, as it’s known at that point, is then double distilled in pot stills and aged in new charred and toasted American oak barrels (the same type that are used for bourbon ...