Rik van den berg
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I recently aged a strong ale in a freshly emptied 5 gallon rum barrel I bought from a local distillery. Came out great!
After the beer came out, I put some cheap rum back in the barrel to keep it from drying out, so that's how it's sitting now waiting on an new product to age.
I am thinking an apfelwein/cider to be the next one on deck for this barrel. Probably a still one in around the 12%ABV range.. After fermentation complete is complete I would let it age in the barrel for one to two months, bottle and let it age out in the bottles for at least 6 months.
Has anyone ever aged cider in a rum barrel? How did it turn out?
Thanks!
After the beer came out, I put some cheap rum back in the barrel to keep it from drying out, so that's how it's sitting now waiting on an new product to age.
I am thinking an apfelwein/cider to be the next one on deck for this barrel. Probably a still one in around the 12%ABV range.. After fermentation complete is complete I would let it age in the barrel for one to two months, bottle and let it age out in the bottles for at least 6 months.
Has anyone ever aged cider in a rum barrel? How did it turn out?
Thanks!