Badmotivator Legacy Barrels
Sugar Maple 6.4L Barrel *EXPERIMENTAL*
Sugar Maple 6.4L Barrel *EXPERIMENTAL*
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Enhance Your Spirits with Our Sugar Maple Hybrid Barrel
This barrel highlights the smooth, distinct flavors of Sugar Maple wood. Inspired by discussions with a local rum distillery about the difficulties of building maple barrels, we decided to accept the challenge and innovate. The result is this maple barrel, featuring the rich, syrupy character typical of this often underappreciated American tree.
Should this barrel not perform as expected, we are committed to replacing it with a standard oak barrel. Your involvement in this experimental phase is not just valued, it's crucial. Together, let's explore the potential of these maple barrels.
Features:
- The distinctive flavor profile of Sugar Maple imparts a smooth, syrupy character to your spirits. This is used to enhance the complexity and depth of flavors, offering a unique profile that sets it apart from those aged in traditional oak barrels.
- Stainless steel can and spigot provide an inert material that won’t impact the flavor
- White Oak bung and beeswax application ensure a tight seal for optimal aging.
Capacity:
With a 1.8-gallon (6.5 L) capacity, this barrel is ideal for achieving exceptional results.
Extras:
Includes the bung used for testing and an additional new unused bung.
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I don't feel this is worth the money. This is a stainless steel bucket with a wooden lid. I regret this purchase. I recommend that people go with a full wooden barrel. It holds water and MAY have enough contact with wood to add flavor so I won't give it 1 star.
I’m sorry this missed the mark for you. I do wish you had reached out. I’m always open to working through issues and helping people get better results.
This design is intentional. The stainless body limits over oaking, while the wood face is sized to match the surface area to volume ratio of a standard 53 gallon barrel. It’s meant to give you a more balanced aging curve, not the fast, heavy extraction you get from small full wood barrels.
The Sugar Maple barrels are part of my experimental series. Results can vary depending on the spirit and how long it’s left in the barrel. Regular sampling makes a big difference so you can catch it where you want it.
If you’re open to it, I’d still be happy to help you get better results or talk through what you’re seeing. Feel free to reach out anytime.
-Christopher
It sealed up nicely. Now time will tell.
The barrel looks great as usual. I have purchased several barrels and will continue to be a customer. Great service and product.
Great barrel, super fast communication on specific shipping concerns, delivery in 5 days across half of the world and overall the best experience.
Would recommend these barrels to any gome distiller.