by gillmang » Tue Jun 21, 2016 9:12 am
Thanks Squire. What's interesting in particular to me is that the author seemed certain the technique was a Tennessee one. Of course some Kentucky distillers may have used it in a similar way - as a way-station to make fully-matured whiskey (not neutral spirits) - but I haven't seen any proof of it yet (so to speak).
What may have happened is, methodical warehouse aging originated in Kentucky, finally penetrated to Tennessee, but the Tennesseans were loathe to give up the charcoal leaching method they had used when selling the whiskey white or very young.
Gary