Adapting for the perfect spirit

For decades it has been appreciated that the craft of spirits requires skill and hard work to produce the finest quality out there. From amphora to oak barrels, distillers have adapted their skills to suit whatever means necessary to craft the perfect spirit. More recently, these skills have adapted to the use of oak adjuncts, namely chips, staves, and powders. Oak adjuncts have become increasingly accessible, however, there may still be a few bumps along the road.

The cons of oak alternatives

Achieving high quality spirits using oak adjuncts can be challenging for distillers. Although chips, inserts, and powders all work with existing barrel programs, they seem to quickly equate to more cons than pros, racking up displacement and absorption costs. Oak adjuncts remove significant portions of distillate from barrels through the addition of the adjuncts, the absorption when in the barrel, and the displacement from removing them. So all in all, distillers are still faced with the same challenge: what can they adapt to create the perfect spirit?

A flexible way forward

As both an accessible and a beneifical oak alternative, Madeva avoids the costs of absorption and displacement associated with oak adjuncts by removing the need for stacking, destacking, insertion, and removal. The process is flexible allowing distillers to perform it in-house, at the distillery, by untrained labourers, in a matter of days. With its simplicity and easy-execution, Madeva could be the Ace in the deck of oak alternatives.