One of the most essential requirements in the bourbon-making process is aging it in charred oak barrels; otherwise, it does ...

Oak barrels have been used by humans for thousands of years to store and transport valuable materials. Early settlers of the United States in Kentucky began charring the interior of new white oak ...

When the wood on the inside of the oak barrels begins to burn, several things happen on a microscopic level that play important roles in the whiskey aging process. The char works four compounds within ...