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Jan 11, 2026 18 min

#183: What Does "Double Oaking" a Bourbon Do to Flavor?

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Double oaked bourbons have been a staple in the world of whiskey for years now. You take a bourbon, aged in an unused barrel as always, you dump it out, and then you put it into yet another unused barrel to get even more of that oaky flavor. It's a really popular finishing method, but what does it actually change about the flavor? In this episode, Chris does a blind tasting of four different whiskeys in order to find out. Listen along to discover the real, unbiased way that double oaking changes flavor. Whiskeys tasted in this episode: -Barrell Foundation -Barrell Foundation Double Barrel -Woodford Reserve -Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Join the Whiskey Noobs Crew for a monthly bonus episode, free merch, and more: http://patreon.com/whiskeynoobs Try Woodford Reserve: https://noobswhiskey.com/products/woodford-reserve?_pos=1&_psq=woodfo&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Try Woodford Reserve Double Oaked: https://noobswhiskey.com/products/woodford-reserve-double-oaked?_pos=2&_psq=woodf&_ss=e&_v=1.0

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