To be aged in bourbon barrels is the ‘hot’ thing in libation. From tequila to Worcestershire sauce, the finishing qualities of used bourbon barrels permeate a plethora of consumables.
But why and how did this ‘fad’ take off?
First, aging in used barrels is not new. Indeed, the practice of reusing casks goes back millennia.
Contemporary usage owes to these basic influences:
- The British Navy
- The Frugal Scotts
- Taste
- The British Navy