So if you're listening, I would like that's what you want.

But having your own little mini barrel to do barrel age experiments.

I've done that and mine have always leaked through.

I always get bad barrels apparently.

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Question for you, why do bourbons like Calumet's 16-year-old, when swirling a glass,

have a distinct yellow and orange color different than when they blend back to normal

when the whiskey settles.

Holy cow, Jeremy, holy cow, you have just opened up

something that I have observed over the years

that has always kind of blown my mind. And the only thing that I have been able to really put together

on it is like these older products, these older products are kind of like they sit and they

kind of like separate over time when sitting for a long period of time.

They begin like at a small micro particle level. They kind of begin to separate. You will notice

it when you leave it out for a long period of time. It can start looking like chocolate milk.

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