drubes14
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Hi all! Hope this is the right sub forum for this.
I received my first barrel today - 8 gallon rye whiskey barrel, aged once with maple syrup. I'm really excited.
Here's my quandary - the maple syrup has crystallized to a good degree on the inside of the barrel. the wood seems pretty dense still, and the staves don't appear to have dried out at all. It just arrived, so is fresh.
Would you guys recommend filling it with water first to plug up leaks, risking to leach the dried maple syrup from the inside? or risk it, in the hopes that the crystallized maple syrup and freshness of the barrel will have plugged up holes?
Cheers!
Drubes
I received my first barrel today - 8 gallon rye whiskey barrel, aged once with maple syrup. I'm really excited.
Here's my quandary - the maple syrup has crystallized to a good degree on the inside of the barrel. the wood seems pretty dense still, and the staves don't appear to have dried out at all. It just arrived, so is fresh.
Would you guys recommend filling it with water first to plug up leaks, risking to leach the dried maple syrup from the inside? or risk it, in the hopes that the crystallized maple syrup and freshness of the barrel will have plugged up holes?
Cheers!
Drubes