Bourbon casks and oak casks

In August we took delivery of more new oak casks from Italy and ex-bourbon casks from Kentucky. As well as a couple 20 litre casks for private customers.

J Gow scottish rum distillery new oak cask delivery
20L & 225L Rejuvenated Oak casks from Italy.
J Gow scottish rum distillery bourbon cask delivery
200L Ex-Bourbon casks from Kentucky.

We checked the casks and prepared them ready for filling. We filled them with HD (heavy dunder) rum at 58% or DS (double stripped) rum at 63.5%. These two styles of rum should mature nicely into two very different complex, unique rums. Which will be released at either 3, 5, 8, 12 years old or older.

Oak cask being filled with scottish rum by the J Gow head distiller.
Oak casks being filled by the head distiller.
Oak cask being filled with scottish rum by the J Gow head distiller.
J Gow scottish rum distillery ex bourbon casks being filled
New make rum going into the bourbon casks
J Gow scottish rum distillery bourbon casks being filled close up
The smell from filling the casks was truly amazing. Once filled the bungs were inserted and the casks were ready to be laid down for several years.

Photography

We were lucky enough to have Scott van Schayk of
https://www.scottvsphoto.co.uk helping us in the distillery and shop for a few weeks. It made sense to get him to take some photos. As well as taking the photos of the cask filling above, he also took these stunning reflection images of our rums. Check out his website for more of his work, you can also purchase prints of his Scottish landscape photography directly from his website.

J Gow scottish rum barrel reflection image by Scott vs photo
J Gow scottish rum barrel reflection image by Scott vs photo

Private Casks

As shown above we are now also able to offer 20L casks in our Private Cask Offer these will age for less time than the larger casks on offer, but will still give you the chance to have your own private label rum. In addition to the 20L casks we also offer 100L rejuvenated oak and 200L ex bourbon casks, with other cask varieties i.e. chestnut, ex red wine, etc available on request. Please get in touch for more info on these.