Neither stainless nor glass interact with the bourbon as a conventional barrel would. "It's been done for a long time," Veach said. "When you've got whiskey that is at what you consider peak and ...

Bring whiskey. But one untimely fumble around the campfire, and the bottle shatters. At which point, pack it up, time to go home. That’s a somewhat reasonable justification for drinking liquor ...

Lix makes Cleveland Whiskey, a new brand of bourbon ... He pours distillate into a stainless steel vat and throws cut-up pieces of barrel in after it. He wouldn't let me see his machinery ...