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Recent Examples of puncheonEach bottling of Gorovka, cut to 55% ABV, only partially empties the puncheon after which the barrel is topped up with fresh spirit.—Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 The Arizona La Osa is a 2019 Grenache aged 18 months in neutral 500-liter puncheons and bottled unfiltered.—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024 After being distilled in pot stills at Hioki, the whisky is aged in new American oak puncheons and ex-bourbon barrels for a minimum of three years.—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024 Decades of experience led us to fill the spirit into a first-fill Sherry puncheon for long-term maturation.—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 24 July 2022
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Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
Another spot of bright news for MGP that is worth mentioning is the recent release of the distillery’s best in-house whiskey brand—Remus Gatsby Reserve is back, a 15-year-old, cask-strength bourbon made from the distillery’s high-rye mashbill that is consistently excellent.
In 2022, an Ardbeg 1994 hogshead fetched £205,000 at auction.
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Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
The tone is efficient and business-like: details about hogsheads, crop rotations and bills of lading cover over a bloody reality merely hinted at in passing references to rebellion, illness and punishments among the enslaved workers.
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