Whiskey Shot Barrels

[Ron Solfest]

Thank you @Dave Landers for your *excellent* YouTube on whiskey shot barrels. Not sure if you follow on WoW or not so I wanted to thank you here.

I turned a couple dozen a week or so ago because they’re just fun to turn, and another dozen today. Great ‘give aways’ for friends, and will sell some at a local exchange to benefit the food shelf. To top it off, I got “Photo of the Day” on WoW

Thanks again!

 

[Dave Landers]

Thanks, Ron. Congrats on the photo of the day! I look at WoW on occasion, but don't really participate over there.

 

[Larry Mercier]

Thank you for your *excellent* YouTube on whiskey shot barrels.

Dave, your you tube whiskey shot barrels demo was both fun and informative. You are a good teacher.

 

[Timothy White]

I saw Dave live at SWAT great demo great time

Hey Dave where was the whiskey?

 

[Dave Landers]

Hey Dave where was the whiskey?

Well I figured I might have been on thin ice with the fire - didn’t want to stretch any rules or whatever.
Turns out sharing a demo room with Derek Weidman made anything I did seem tame - might have got away with it

 

[Gord Cameron]

Thanks Dave for this video, lots of good ideas and you are a natural teacher. I wonder about the charring of the interiors, is that cosmetic, for people who expect the inside of a barrel (and thus a barrel-like shot glass) to be charred? From what I can find out, the charring of the actual whiskey barrel does its work during the ageing of the whiskey, and putting the completed product in a charred shot (glass) doesn't add anything; at least, nothing that the whiskey maker wants added. It seems also that the charring does nothing to help (might detract from) the water-tightness of the shot (glass). Is my info on these points the same as yours? The question, I suppose, is: If the charring has only cosmetic effect for sales purposes, and you don't need that, could it be skipped?

 

[Dave Landers]

Thanks Dave for this video, lots of good ideas and you are a natural teacher. I wonder about the charring of the interiors, is that cosmetic, for people who expect the inside of a barrel (and thus a barrel-like shot glass) to be charred? From what I can find out, the charring of the actual whiskey barrel does its work during the ageing of the whiskey, and putting the completed product in a charred shot (glass) doesn't add anything; at least, nothing that the whiskey maker wants added. It seems also that the charring does nothing to help (might detract from) the water-tightness of the shot (glass). Is my info on these points the same as yours? The question, I suppose, is: If the charring has only cosmetic effect for sales purposes, and you don't need that, could it be skipped?

The charing is definitely aesthetic / cosmetic, as that's what people expect on the inside of a whiskey barrel.
And does nothing for the flavor of the whiskey - unless you forget about the shot you poured for a decade or so
I feel like the charing does act as some sort of finish on the inside - but have no data or info to back up that feeling.

It's really not necessary from a functional point of view.

I also make another sort of wooden drinking cup. I finish it with walnut oil, but very lightly on the inside. And after a few uses, the oil on the inside is gone. So this cup ends up with a "finish" that is nothing but the patina of past drinks.

 

[Brian Gustin]

I feel like the charing does act as some sort of finish on the inside - but have no data or info to back up that feeling.

It is, look up shou sugi ban... now you got data.