Bourbon Barrel syrup verses bourbon infused maple syrup and taste

[to100]

How many batch’s from a barrel?

[Thompson's Tree Farm]

You can use a barrel just once. The fresher the better. It is recommended that syrup be put in barrel within a week of the bourbon being dumped out.

[Haynes Forest Products]

You say you can only use once is that a recommendation or a law? They are then using the barrels that had syrup for beer making and so on and so forth. There is a lot of experimenting.

[Tweegs]

Color me intrigued.

This past weekend was an annual event in our neck of the woods. Pretty big crowd at the market.
Had more than one customer mention bourbon flavored syrup.
That, and following along in these threads and having a line on barrels has made us start thinking about making some (next year).

Not much of a drinker so I need to pose a question/experiment:
Take a tablespoon of syrup and an eye dropper full of bourbon.
How many drops of bourbon would you add to the syrup to approximate the flavor of a barrel aged, bourbon syrup?
I don’t have any experience with bourbon and need a reference point.

Y’all have fun, but don’t forget to add the syrup.
I need more than a “Yesssss!” or “Weeeeeee!” or “hdslkwahbfsa” in the reply.

[Chicopee Sap Shack]

The one time use is due to the flavors of the barrel being consumed by the syrup that was already in it. Also it is worth more money as a bourbon or whiskey barrel to a brewer to make a maple spirit or beer. You could use a barrel several times but he second and so on would take longer and longer every time.

[OneLegJohn]

I have promised a lot of people I would start a video series to help educate. I hope this video helps.

https://youtu.be/96niRz8PBLg

[wdchuck]

As long as you don't add bourbon to it (other than the small residual amount left in the barrel) there is no concerns with ATF. However any syrup aged in a barrel or with infused flavor is no longer considered "Pure Maple Syrup" due to it having an off-flavor (which was intentionally added, but would not be found in syrup naturally) and should not be labelled as such.

As always, there may be specific laws/regulations that are different in other jurisdictions.

So, Dr Tim......Can We therefore infer that infused syrup, no longer being "pure maple" no longer needs a grade label on retail shelves? I saw 2 products on my delivery route that had "gradeA" printed on them, no actual grade sticker, and one was REALLY dark in color, no doubt extra dark.

[DrTimPerkins]

So, Dr Tim......Can We therefore infer that infused syrup, no longer being "pure maple" no longer needs a grade label on retail shelves? I saw 2 products on my delivery route that had "gradeA" printed on them, no actual grade sticker, and one was REALLY dark in color, no doubt extra dark.

As always on labeling questions, it would be best to check with your local/state/provincial authorities to be sure, however my opinion/interpretation would be that no grade/class label would be required in that case.