Essencia Bourbon Barrel Chunks – 500g

Essencia Bourbon Barrel Chunks are cut from freshly emptied American white-oak bourbon barrels. The wet, bourbon-soaked oak combines char, barrel flavour and colour, giving neutral spirit, whiskey-style spirit or selected beers genuine ex-bourbon barrel character.

Suggested ageing method

• For the first soak, use up to 500 g with 2.5 litres of suitable spirit.
• Cover and age for up to seven days, tasting daily from day four.
• Drain carefully and filter before bottling.
• Later soaks can be left longer as the available bourbon character reduces.

The pack can flavour approximately 7 litres across successive uses. Ageing is taste-led: use less oak or a shorter contact time for a lighter result.

Helpful addition

Large filter papers help catch fine char and oak particles after the spirit is drained.