Aging poitin

Pkiernan

Thinking of aging a small amount of poitin.

Any suggestions?

Gloomtastic!

Get a shovel, dig a deep hole in your back garden. Place said bottle of illicit brew into hole and cover with soil. Come back in 10 years when you’ve grown up and realise that you’ve made some stupid mistakes in your life and this was one of them.

The Gloomster

Pkiernan

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Get a shovel, dig a deep hole in your back garden. Place said bottle of illicit brew into hole and cover with soil. Come back in 10 years when you’ve grown up and realise that you’ve made some stupid mistakes in your life and this was one of them.

The Gloomster

Thanks for your input.

Not all poitin is illicit, and it isn't brewed.

Nekarsulm

If its in a glass bottle, it can't be "aged".
You would need to be able to get a Sherry barrel or similar, and have enough poitin to fill it.

the beer revolu

I've done this in a 5l oak Cask.
It ages very quickly in such a small Cask - a couple of months sees quite a lot of ageing.

I kept a bottle of Mareria in the Cask for about a year, first.

You'd probably need to do something like this to mellow the raw wood. In such a small cask, oak is pretty aggressive.

Mine has been in there for about 10 months and is totally over wooded and unsubtle. Think I'll leave it longer to see what happens.

BTW, the poitín I used was legally produced and duty paid- essentially new make, grain whiskey.

Pkiernan

the beer revolu wrote: »

I've done this in a 5l oak Cask.
It ages very quickly in such a small Cask - a couple of months sees quite a lot of ageing.

I kept a bottle of Mareria in the Cask for about a year, first.

You'd probably need to do something like this to mellow the raw wood. In such a small cask, oak is pretty aggressive.

Mine has been in there for about 10 months and is totally over wooded and unsubtle. Think I'll leave it longer to see what happens.

BTW, the poitín I used was legally produced and duty paid- essentially new make, grain whiskey.

Thanks.
I'm trying to impart bourbon flavour if possible.

irish_goat

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Get a shovel, dig a deep hole in your back garden. Place said bottle of illicit brew into hole and cover with soil. Come back in 10 years when you’ve grown up and realise that you’ve made some stupid mistakes in your life and this was one of them.

The Gloomster

Gloomster, appreciate that homemade poitin is illegal but there are legal brands available.

To answer OP, you can buy small casks to age spirits in but I believe the large cask to liquid ratio means it's quite hard to not overpower the spirit.

https://woodenshell.co.uk/oak-barrels/whisky-barrels-with-burnt-finish-1-litre-10-litres.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwl9zdBRDgARIsAL5Nyn014n0ejqoA72avAV38ecr5V6tRWVUdnx23UfY6psG9ClVzz3MeXKMaAs6hEALw_wcB

The Mulk

What about wood chips, similar to the one's that are sold for barbeque smokers or home brew wine kits?
Would need some decanting/straining though

rubadub

The Mulk wrote: »

What about wood chips, similar to the one's that are sold for barbeque smokers or home brew wine kits?
Would need some decanting/straining though

That is the usual way people do it on distillation forums. You just put chips in a bottle. In a barrel the ratio of oak surface area to liquid volume is not great compared to a bottle full of chips. I think some may leave the cap on loosely.

There are several speed aging techniques.

I would be using chips intended for homebrew, BBQ could have anything in them. I toasted my own oak and aged rum before.

The Mulk

I've tried wine before, i couldn't get any oaked taste from the ones supplied with the kit.
I have a bag of JD whiskey barrel chips for the barbeque. When I soak these in water for 10 mins, the water in which i've soaked them looks and smells like a glass of whiskey:pac:
I'd imagine there is additives in them.