Well this aging thing is all over the place
Swedish Pride's need to "panic still again" is surely something we've all been through. I know I have!
And K3 trying to time his last breath on earth to coordinate with the last pour from the jug. (Not really, it sounds like he's trying to figure a way to have 10+ year old stock for the rest of his life.)
YHB needing to keep his aging stock where he cannot access it. Under lock and key where he can't get the key.
I'd like to take a moment to think more about Aging White Spirits.
When we talk about aging liquor we instinctively think of brown spirits - rum, scotch, bourbon, etc...
We don't usually think about aging vodka (or gin). And that, maybe, is wrong since this topic is
Aging White Spirits.
I'm a little tossed between the terms "aging" and "conditioning" when it comes to white spirits. To borrow from the genius Forrest Gump, "Maybe its both?"
We normally take cuts from the still and let those cuts "air out" for a day or two before deciding which to blend together and keep vs. which to discard or recycle.
Then the Keepers are put in a big old jug until needed - capped off from the air.
And THIS is very possibly the step that I have neglected for my vodka... the occasional airing and/or oxygenation of those jugs.
It is known that all spirits age in the bottle but it is an EXTREMELY slow process.
That's it, I can't take any more... I'm going Right Now and shake my jugs and let them air out for awhile. Remind me to do it again after a couple of weeks.