There is no greater commodity than your time, the cost of it seems to just go up every year and yet for distillers often time is the “heart of the art”. The delicate and subtle changes that only happen over long periods of time in a barrel can never be substituted, no matter the cost.
At WLT150 we understand the art, we get the purpose and we never forget the romance that oak barrels bring. This is why we work directly with distillers and their barrelling programs. We don’t advocate substituting barrels, we simply try to make this process more effective, easier and in all cases with significant cost savings.
So what does this really mean ? Well simply put many distillers we work with struggle to fund the cost of continuous barrel replacement, we all know that you get the maximum value from the first fill and even in some cases a first fill barrel doesn’t deliver the same level of maturation, color and smoothing of others. At over $1000 per barrel the costs begin to add up quickly. Barrel rejuvenation is an option but this still comes at a cost and with reduced overall results over time. One can also only rejuvenate so many times.
The answer is in your blending process, once cask maturation is complete there is an opportunity to use WLT to compensate for diminished ageing and character the distiller is looking for. Addition can be carefully measured and added to dial in the precise and consistent results that come with liquid dosing in a highly efficient format.
There is no greater commodity than your time, the cost of it seems to just go up every year and yet for distillers often time is the “heart of the art”. The delicate and subtle changes that only happen over long periods of time in a barrel can never be substituted, no matter the cost.
At WLT150 we understand the art, we get the purpose and we never forget the romance that oak barrels bring. This is why we work directly with distillers and their barrelling programs. We don’t advocate substituting barrels, we simply try to make this process more effective, easier and in all cases with significant cost savings.
So what does this really mean ? Well simply put many distillers we work with struggle to fund the cost of continuous barrel replacement, we all know that you get the maximum value from the first fill and even in some cases a first fill barrel doesn’t deliver the same level of maturation, color and smoothing of others. At over $1000 per barrel the costs begin to add up quickly. Barrel rejuvenation is an option but this still comes at a cost and with reduced overall results over time. One can also only rejuvenate so many times.
The answer is in your blending process, once cask maturation is complete there is an opportunity to use WLT to compensate for diminished ageing and character the distiller is looking for. Addition can be carefully measured and added to dial in the precise and consistent results that come with liquid dosing in a highly efficient format.
