Pine Barren Distillery

flash

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Jul 25, 2009
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Ok so this is going to be way off the normal subject..
I have been a huge enthusiast of all types of whiskey, especially bourbon. Every time I am in the pine barrens I imagine what bourbon distilled in the pine barrens would taste like with the fresh barren water, wooden barrel, and barrel aging house imparting the fresh barren air. Am I the only one who has thought of this?
 
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Badfish740

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Feb 19, 2005
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Once we move to a larger property I plan to set up a still and do some fermentation experimentation just for fun. IIRC NJ recently made it easier for small distilleries to open, so maybe someday we'll see a piney whiskey produced. In Scotland and Ireland they fire the stills with peat, maybe pines whiskey could be fired with real pines charcoal?
 
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CurMUDgeon

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Where needed.
I would think the iron in Pine Barren water would not make a good for a Bourbon.
I don't believe there are any stills that utilize peat as a heat source anymore in Scotland or Ireland.
The malted barely is still dried over peat fires depending on the region of Scotland with Islay having the highest phenol concentration - think Ardbeg Corryvreckan.
 

flash

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Jul 25, 2009
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I am a fan of the corryvreckan bottling. I have actually had a bottle of the 10, uigeadail, and corryvreckan.
 

Trailwalker

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Sep 5, 2023
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(ex-piney) in Florida
Once we move to a larger property I plan to set up a still and do some fermentation experimentation just for fun. IIRC NJ recently made it easier for small distilleries to open, so maybe someday we'll see a piney whiskey produced. In Scotland and Ireland they fire the stills with peat, maybe pines whiskey could be fired with real pines charcoal?
Anything ever come of this?
 
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