Risky Whisky- Bottle your own bourbon

[Birdo]

I picked up a Risky Whisky- Bottle your own bourbon kit on Saturday at the Liquor Barn on Hurstborne (Louisville). Its' a 375ml kit of white dog and a mason jar with charred oak chips. You dump it in, and quick age it by cycling it in the freezer and such. THey recommend aging for about 1 month, so it won't technically be bourbon.

It's fun. We will see how it turns out. They provide a label so you can name it what you want. It's a bit gimmicky, but so what, I wanted to try it.

My only gripe is its pricey, and as such may be a one time experiment. The complete kit is $24.95 for 375ml. I think they should make the kit 750ml to compete with small batch bourbons from the experts.

I'll post a review once its aged.

Here's their site: http://www.i-byob.com/

[Satty Beach]

That sounds like fun. Reminds me that I never got around to trying any white dog. OK that's on the to-do list. Unrelated but, this is the season our garden centers get the 1/2 whiskey barrel planters. Of course I have to check where they're from and what kind of char their carrying. Yeah I got it bad.

[bourbonv]

Technically it will not be bourbon, not because of the age since there is no age requirement for borbon, but because bourbon has to be placed into an oak container, not a container with oak chips.

[jcg9779]

I picked up a Risky Whisky- Bottle your own bourbon kit on Saturday at the Liquor Barn on Hurstborne (Louisville). Its' a 375ml kit of white dog and a mason jar with charred oak chips. You dump it in, and quick age it by cycling it in the freezer and such. THey recommend aging for about 1 month, so it won't technically be bourbon.

It's fun. We will see how it turns out. They provide a label so you can name it what you want. It's a bit gimmicky, but so what, I wanted to try it.

My only gripe is its pricey, and as such may be a one time experiment. The complete kit is $24.95 for 375ml. I think they should make the kit 750ml to compete with small batch bourbons from the experts.

I'll post a review once its aged.

Here's their site: http://www.i-byob.com/

We're coming up on a month...how do things look? Any good color to the whiskey?

[Birdo]

It dark than I expected pretty quick. Plan to bottle it on Sunday.

[Befallen_Soul87]

This sounds quite interesting. Wouldn't mind finding one of these to give a try for myself. The idea reminds me of those Mr. Beer kits my dad use to get. It made a pretty tasty brew once he got the science of it down. Good luck on the expiriment and definetly let us know how it turns out for you.

Slantie

[Bourbon HQ]

Yeah Birdo, I bought 2 of them. It's fun to play with, and it IS single barrel (jar). It got real dark right away. Mine will be one month old on Jan. 14th. Tom Schiller who sells this came to
our Bourbon Society meeting and demonstrated what he has done with it. It would make a great gift for someone wanting to experiment.


Gayle

[jcg9779]

It dark than I expected pretty quick. Plan to bottle it on Sunday.

Very cool....looking forward to the review!

[Birdo]

I bottle and sampled the Risky Whisky last night. It's pretty good with spicy kick, high prroof, well over 100 I would say. It's a bit rough and lacks the body of a great bourbon.

I had fun, but this is not the way to great bourbon. By all means do it for fun and the novelity of it, but leave bourbon making to the experts at Beam, Heaven Hill or 4-Roses.

[silverfish]

This sounds quite interesting. Wouldn't mind finding one of these to give a try for myself.

There are a few DIY options available - some others:

Wasmund's Barrel kit (Single Malt or Rye)
Woodinville Age Your Own
Cedar Ridge

Or just buy a barrel and dump in something to age it a bit longer:

WhiskeyBarrel
OakBarrels
KentuckyBarrels

[Bourbon HQ]

I bottled mine after one month, like they recommend. I agree it's spicy and has surprisingly nice flavors. It's 125 proof in the box. I proofed mine down to 100 proof.


Gayle

[Befallen_Soul87]

This sounds quite interesting. Wouldn't mind finding one of these to give a try for myself.

There are a few DIY options available - some others:

Wasmund's Barrel kit (Single Malt or Rye)
Woodinville Age Your Own
Cedar Ridge

Or just buy a barrel and dump in something to age it a bit longer:

WhiskeyBarrel
OakBarrels
KentuckyBarrels

Thanks for the great suggestions. I'll be looking into possibly making to trip to one of the locations, since it's illegal to ship alcohol to Indiana from their stores.

[vrocco]

I was traveling through KY last week and stopped in a liquor barn. I almost went for the Risky kit because I thought it would be a cool novelty, but ended up passing on it. Glad to hear you had a bit of fun at it anyway.