Essencia Bourbon Barrel Chunks are made from wet, freshly-emptied, bourbon-soaked American White Oak bourbon barrels (not dry barrels like cheaper staves and chips). 

The carefully selected barrels have been aging bourbon for 4-10 years in Kentucky, USA.  The unique chunking process ensures each chunk captures the charred inside of the barreland gently opens up the bourbon-soaked oak.  Each litre of spirit is in contact with a huge surface-area of barrel to enable aging in only seven days.  Unlike dry ‘staves’ or ‘chips’, Essencia Bourbon Barrel Chunks will create genuine bourbon without the need for other flavouring.  

Essencia Bourbon Barrel Chunks can be used in different ways depending on your beverage and taste. Basically it comes down to the original spirit flavour, versus oaking.

 - The more Chunks you use per measure of neutral spirit (or vodka), the more

original flavour imparted in a shorter time.

 - The longer the Chunks are in contact with the spirit, the more oak imparted.

SUGGESTIONS FOR USE

Essencia Bourbon Barrel Chunks can be used to rapidly barrel-age neutral spirit or vodka, bourbon, whiskey or beer.  We recommend a process of soaking, draining and filtering.  You can test along the way, or blend different batches to your own taste.