I don’t know about you but things are heating up. That haiku made me hot… scorching hot in fact. Kind of like the inside of a whisk(e)y barrel. If you’ve drank whisk(e)y before (which I assume you have or else why am I emailing you!?), you’ve probably heard that whisk(e)y barrels are charred. This process involves lighting the inside of the barrel on fire for 30–60 seconds (approximately) to burn the top layers of the staves. Do you know why they…
