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+oGERONIMOo Depends on the use... Many distillers use barrels very few times, as Didac mentions. Wine makers may get more uses out of them. Some beer brewers use spent barrels from the other industries as it will impart flavors of the liquor previously stored in them into the beer. Side note, as barrels are highly porous, they will house yeast and other organisms and inoculate future batches of beer. Beer makers either dread this method of inoculation or invite it.
I'm interested in buying a real bottle of Cognac, i have been enjoying
Xantè up until now but i want some real Cognac. I have been looking into
the Maxime Trijol XO but that one is 120$ bottle. I wouldn't have a
problem paying 120$ for my first real Cognac except for the fact that i
might not like it.
Does anyone has a suggestion to a good starting Cognac?.