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wood that got tired of being a tree and became a flavor factory instead.
means charred oak containers used to age wine and spirits, where the wood breathes flavor, color, and time into the liquid.
from coopers have shaped wood into barrels since the celts beat the romans to it, but it was cognac and bourbon makers who discovered that char turns lignin into vanilla and sugar into caramel.
legal requirementbourbon must use new charred oak, by law.
angel sharebarrels lose liquid yearly to evaporation, poetically named.
american vs frenchamerican oak gives vanilla, french gives spice and tannin.
reuse economybourbon barrels get shipped to scotland for scotch aging.