hist-brewing: Re: casks

[PBLoomis at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/23/1999 12:12:39 PM EST, msmead at doctorbeer.com writes:

<< I always found it hard to believe the US whiskeymakers actually *char* the
 casks, but I  guess they do (ick).  >>
    Yeah, they do.  Somewhere recently I saw a photo.  They had a blast 
burner 
the size of a small jet engine blowing flames eight feet long through a 
horizontally
mounted cask.
    Scotti

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