The aging process is an essential part of whisky - making . The charred oak bbl gives the liquor its caramel color and imparts deep , subtle flavors . Problem is , this gazump step pack geezerhood to dispatch . But one enterprising still has figured out how to ripen glowering mash in a fraction of the time .
Cleveland Whiskey is an nouveau-riche still located in , you guessed it , Cleveland , Ohio . Owner Tom Lix recognise the grow requirement for whisky — as didMakers Mark — and realized that the established method of create whisky simply was n’t dissipated enough to meet that demand . But rather than water down an existing formula , Lix make up a new method of make whiskey .
“ I demand aside a couple of used barrels , and it did n’t seem like the whiskey pluck very deep , ” he narrate Forbes . “ So I start experiment with pressure sensation to get the heart to imbue deeper into pore construction . ”
The details behind Cleveland ’s proprietary system are closely - guard company secrets but , as Lix explained , the oecumenical mental process is similar to the vacuum marinators you see on late - dark informercial :
The spirit old age in a whiskey barrel like normal for the first six month of its life . Then it is deposited in unsullied steel tanks . Meanwhile , the barrel it aged in is veer up , process , and put into the tank as well . Within the tank , the spirit is agitated , and undergo a series of differences in press to squeeze in and out of the wood stoma .
After a week in the tubs , the hyper - aged whisky is ready for bottle . Cleveland Whiskey hopes to give rise 7,000 case this year and another 20,000 cases in 2014 . hold out theCleveland Whiskey websiteto see if it ’s served near you . [ Forbes – Cleveland ]
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