Broken Barrel Whiskey By Jonathan Roth and Seth Benhaim
Broken Barrel Whiskey, a new brand by Seth Benhaim of Infuse Spirits, centers on an unconventional approach to the process of producing whiskey barrels, whether new or used, contributing the bulk of the flavor to aged whiskeys. By combining different types of broken
finished Bourbon, and a Double-Gold
barrel staves (ex. French Oak or Sherry
on their Isle of Peat blended whiskey
Casks) of new and used barrels, in
in 2019. The company even coined a
carefully selected ratios, the company
term to describe their “broken barrel”
has created a series of award-winning
process, called the Oak BillTM—similar
recipes for relatively younger sourced
to a mash bill—which is used to define
whiskeys. This unique and non-
the composition of oak barrel staves
traditional twist of putting barrels into
steeped into each batch of their whiskey.
whiskey rather than whiskey into barrels
Broken Barrel Whiskey’s core lineup
earned the company a Gold Medal in
includes a 95-proof Bourbon ($30), a
2020 for their California Cabernet Oak
116-proof Cask Strength Bourbon ($40),
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