Bourbon

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(02-23-2022, 06:43 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: Which one did you try?  I haven't had any, but from what I've heard, they're taking oak spirals that are toasted to spec and soaked in some other spirit for a while and then put straight in the bottle to infuse.  Which is an interesting experiment you could try at home, too, since those spirals are used by home brewers and winemakers.  It's an interesting concept, though! Seems it might be easier than aging whiskey in the actual barrels of the product. 

Oak & Eden Toasted Oak Bourbon & Spire is the only one listed on the VA ABC website, so I guess that was it.  However I did NOT notice anything inside the bottle as it is pictured, so it makes me wonder.

https://www.abc.virginia.gov/products/bourbon/oak--eden-toasted-oak-bourbon--spire?productSize=0

BTW, I once found those spirals for sale at a liquor store outside Columbia, MD.  The idea was that you drop one in a liter of whiskey to "elevate" that bottle.  Supposedly it would make a lesser bottle nicer.  I only tried one, and it made it taste worse.