Colin Blake was hesitant. “They can be fun,” Moonshine University’s Director of Spirits Education said, taking a short pause to collect his thoughts on the popular mini whiskey-aging barrel. “The end ...

White Dog Barrels has announced their new website, which focuses on DIY whiskey aging techniques, oak barrel flavor profiles, practical tips, and historical anecdotes. bradford, Canada - April 1, 2024 ...

n a small lab in California’s Silicon Valley, Martin Janousek and Stu Aaron are making whiskey. There are no oak barrels stacked floor to ceiling. In fact, there’s hardly any wood at all. Instead, ...

It only took a few drinks to see the potential. Daryl Hoekstra, the head distiller at Rising Sun Distillery, and his wife, Jules, agreed: A great whiskey could be made using Epic Brewing Company‘s Big ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 6, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. If someone asked you to name a product that was first made 2,000 years ago, still looks ...

Oak barrels are more than storage—they actively shape wine and whiskey by adding flavor, texture, and structure through slow oxygen exchange and the release of tannins. Winemakers favor oak for its ...

Christopher Friedmann is an award-winning journalist and has spent over a decade in journalism covering everything from wine & spirits to travel to music, finance, and technology. Mizunara oak, a type ...

On one level, the oak cask is the most basic and fundamental building block of whiskey maturation, but as any whiskey devotee knows, simply specifying “oak cask” is an extremely broad qualifier, like ...