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Originally Posted by bobowar135
I'm led to believe that Kentucky Straight Bourbon must be matured in brand new barrels. So there must be a hell of a lot of used barrels out there waiting to be filled with something else.  |
Bourbon barrels are new and only used once. Most of them go to Scotland as about 90% of Scotches are aged in used Bourbon barrels.
Here's an interesting article:
https://www.whiskyadvocate.com/bourbon-cask-scotches/