Tabasco finish

[DavidH]

I was just reading up on Tabasco sauce and noted that they age their mashed peppers in ex-bourbon casks for 3 years. Then I had the obvious idea: what would Irish whiskey aged in these ex-Tabasco barrels be like?

Turns out I'm not the first to think of it. This article mentions the same thing in the context of the Scotch Whisky Association putting the kibosh on unconventional casks.

Has it ever been tried? It would be a noble experiment.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Not sure about Tabasco cask but we have touched on this before

See here

They also did a Cherry cask and a cask in cask finish

In Mehico they also mature better Tequila's in casks I wonder if anybody has thought to do a Tequila finish.

[DavidH]

I added a few drops of Tabasco to my whiskey as a first approximation. I didn't like it. The wood would be different though, I'm sure.

[Michael Foggarty]

This should be a seperate thread but..

Micky Finns have an Irish whiskey available in America that has been matured in a cider barrel.

[DavidH]

Micky Finns have an Irish whiskey available in America that has been matured in a cider barrel.

I've been Googling. There isn't much info but it sounds like they took Irish whiskey and infused it with apples in the US. Sounds nice.

[Michael Foggarty]

The Micky Finns thing won an award at the San Francisco spirit awards follow the link

http://www.sfspiritscomp.com/pdfs/2011_ ... yClass.pdf

Better still somehow Greenore 15 yo converted to a single malt for the day and got a silver medal in the same comp!

[DavidH]

It does say "finished in apple cider barrels" there. The other info I found suggested it got its apple-influence in Chicago (and I haven't heard of any cider barrels at the Irish distilleries). I've never thought about it before but apparently you can mature whiskey in Ireland for 3 years, ship it overseas and mature it further and still call it "Irish whiskey". At least I can't see that the 1980 Irish Whiskey Act precludes it.