Back into the big ol’ Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails and to my favorite entry from the options in the letters M, N and O.
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This month I choose a divisive term, one of many ways that spirits makers can try to cheat code / barrel hack aging but can also be used well if used with the right intent.