Making Bourbon with Extinct Wood - American Black Chestnut

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I am so glad I did this little experiment I really enjoyed the flavor that the American Black Chestnut brought out of the moonshine, and it turned the liquor dark almost immediately. I really hope in the future I can get some more of this wood to make some more bourbon because this stuff is awesome. White oak is still awesome if you need any check out my website and make some bourbon at home.
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[@GorillaGlueEnthusiast]

That color!🤌

[@josephjustice9881]

Man that dark rich color after that short of a period of time is awesome. Hope to taste some of that black and blue at MV.

[@Chronicseedsinc]

I don’t even drink that much, but I love your videos because you’re so passionate about your craft ✌🏻❤️

[@johnwebster4910]

“Double Tea bag it” Lol

[@timchapman6702]

Man I need to get over there and get some blue! I can help you drink some of that lol

[@Rubberduck-tx2bh]

For that pizza oven toasting: I've read on HD site that people use their toaster oven & wrap the wood in foil to prevent/lessen the charring. Since those pizza oven gas heating elements are so close to the wood, maybe double wrapping it would work?

[@DansBuddhaBodega]

The best tasting wood, is amburano. It's sweet, slightly nutty, and it makes apple brandy taste like apple pie stuffed French toast .

[@philbillymoonshine7356]

I do love amburana.

[@tomcrum2409]

yes we do! I just bought more spirals

[@carsonfournier4188]

They are trying to bring it back.

[@tomcrum2409]

They are trying here in the mountains. Just seems to fail for some reason. I hope they get it to come bacl

[@stuartpowell449]

Looks like your video making Oaxacan green was 12 months ago.

[@nicholaskeys7150]

I'd definitely want some black chestnut! I think it would be cool if you could find enough to do a bad motivator Legacy barrel with it?

[@gabrielpalma9418]

Didn’t even know there was a black chestnut. I have a ton of black walnut trees by my house in jersey. Wonder if that would be a good choice

[@tomcrum2409]

No! Black Walnut gives off a bad bitter flavor

[@Pabloeskiibra22]

You think there is any Australian wood I could use like what you have ?

[@dodshon88]

Hey mate I was going to give ironbark a go myself. I've used it for smoking before with good results Hope that helps 🤙🏽

[@Pabloeskiibra22]

@@dodshon88 thank you my brother appreciate it 👍

[@philbillymoonshine7356]

Let us know how that turns out.

[@steveyoung4983]

Any sweeteners or glycerin in your bourbon styles?

[@tarheelshine4]

Phil, can you reuse the wood? I have those 4 packs I got from you sitting now, got a couple more weeks

[@philbillymoonshine7356]

reusing the white oak does not work real well it takes quite a while to work, and does not come out real dark but you can reuse them.

[@kjdevault]

Rum, tequila, and most European whiskey is reused American Oak barrels. A fresh toast and maybe char is usually done. The flavor impact is much more mild and it takes much longer to impart flavors.

[@charlesdeshler202]

I'm surprised the likker got so dark... It looked like you basically had no toast and light char.

[@philbillymoonshine7356]

Yeah i think one cube of wood would have been better then going with two. but the likker is amazing, just finished way ahead of schedule.

[@charlesdeshler202]

@@philbillymoonshine7356 I wish I had any one of them corns

[@Appophust]

There are still 430 million or so American chestnut trees. The blight doesn't kill the roots of the tree since it dies in soil, so the tree grows back from the roots every year. They just don't produce enough seeds to reproduce anymore, and don't produce hardwood. So yeah, the WOOD might be extinct, but the tree itself isn't.

[@ToridoodlesAnderson]

Smartass

[@philbillymoonshine7356]

Thanks for the info , i am very interested in this now, and love to learn new stuff.

[@Appophust]

@@philbillymoonshine7356 no worries at all. Wasn't trying to be condescending. Just a lot of people belive they're extinct. They are EFFECTIVELY extinct, but occasionally there are isolated populations that remain relatively unaffected by the blight and produce seed, and there's even a few groups online that are breeding resistant varieties of pure American chestnut and not hybrids. American Chestnut Foundation and the The American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project are the main two I know of. There may be more. Either way, glad I could help, and that whiskey looks absolutely amazing. Wish I could taste it. 😁