Ep. 137: Whiskey Jypsi Explorer With Ari Sussman

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Exploring French and American Oak Whiskey Jypsi s newest release – Explorer – seeks to show how the core identities of French and American oak species affect flavor in whiskey They take the consumer on a world tour stopping both in Eric Church s backyard North Carolinian American white oak near to where Church grew up and French oak from the Tron ais forest Neither wood is entirely new to American whiskey drinkers especially white oak it s what almost everyone uses as a new cask right and French oak has been used enough to have a passing familiarity The difference here is how Ari and the Whiskey Jypsi team use the wood – and most importantly the use of new French oak rather than ex-wine casks or other used cooperage By toasting and charring staves and inserting them to finish the whiskey – using the entirety of the stave not just the thin layer that s been charred on the inside of a cask – much more flavor is extracted Note I said flavor Not oakiness For all the wood exploration in this release woodiness and tannins are not among the explorations And thank heavens for that The story is intriguing – blend the influence of Tron ais forest s wood formerly overseen by the Duke of Bourbon and the origin point for the troubadour tradition with American oak from the home of the country artist behind the blend As a plus at least in media kits we got small pieces of each wood type to smell and see a sensory experience that greatly helped me in discerning which note was from which wood Ultimately though it comes down to the product at hand After all anyone can write a good story – it takes skill to translate that through the art of blending into a good whiskey Enter Ari Sussman frequent friend of the podcast and all-around good source of whiskey knowledge Thanks everyone for listening and thank you to Ari for returning to the Whiskey Ring If you haven t joined the Patreon community yet please consider doing so at patreon com whiskeyinmyweddingring If you haven t yet please follow Whiskey in my Wedding Ring and the Whiskey Ring Podcast on Instagram Facebook and Twitter and subscribe to the newsletter on the website Whiskey JYPSI Whiskey JYPSI Website Whiskey JYPSI on Instagram Whiskey JYPSI on Facebook Whiskey JYPSI on Twitter Thanks to our Lead Sponsor Black Button Distillery Black Button Distilling Website Black Button Distilling on Facebook Black Button Distilling on Instagram Click here to visit this podcast episode