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Originally Posted by L-Pink
* Bourbon distillers can only use their barrels once
When bourbon distillers are done with the barrels they use to age the bourbon, they are reused to age other non-bourbon whiskies. Reusing the barrels makes sense, because they cost around $120 each. For example, Maker's Mark and Jim Beam send some of their barrels across the Atlantic to Scotland, where they're used to age Laphroaig single malt Scotch.
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I heard on the radio a few weeks ago that Jack Daniels came up with a new method of extracting the bourbon embedded in the wood grain of the barrels and were selling it as a premium version.
Not sure if they have to destroy the barrels in the process...couldn't find anything about it on their website.