Devil's Cut

[Brigandier]

I've seen a few commercials for this new bourbon, and it has me interested.

I know bourbon barrels can only be used once, and after are usually sent to Canada or Europe to be used again. Is Jim Beam just juicing the wood from the barrels to get the devil's cut? And if that is the case, how can they still set it out to MSRP for only $25 per fifth?

Do they take a bit of the barrel juice and just mix it with some of their younger whiskeys or what? I'm struggling to find how they make money on it.

 

[Markbnj]

I've always heard that the "devil's cut" was the amount of whiskey lost to evaporation during the aging process.

 

[EvilYoda]

I've always heard that the "devil's cut" was the amount of whiskey lost to evaporation during the aging process.

That's more typically called the Angels' Share.

 

[Markbnj]

That's more typically called the Angels' Share.

Oh right, that's what it is.

 

[ElFenix]

http://bustedwallet.com/drink-of-the-week-jim-beam-devils-cut/

they probably warm the barrel in a dry chamber to get some of the moisture to pull out

 

[Brigandier]

http://bustedwallet.com/drink-of-the-week-jim-beam-devils-cut/

they probably warm the barrel in a dry chamber to get some of the moisture to pull out

So they're basically distilling the barrels? I'm sure they fiddle with the pressure of the process to keep the toxic wood alcohols from vaporizing, or just do what they can at lower temps and then send them to Canada.

I thought it was big business for American Bourbon(and bourbon style whiskeys) to sell there barrels to Canadian and even some Irish/Scotish distilleries.

 

[ElFenix]

So they're basically distilling the barrels? I'm sure they fiddle with the pressure of the process to keep the toxic wood alcohols from vaporizing, or just do what they can at lower temps and then send them to Canada.

I thought it was big business for American Bourbon(and bourbon style whiskeys) to sell there barrels to Canadian and even some Irish/Scotish distilleries.

the best part of every scotch is the bourbon in the barrel.


http://whiskeyrecipes.com/whiskey-barrels/