"Dirty Harry" > wrote in message
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> OK, I have an oak barrel I got for swish, its a jim beam burbon barrel
that
> had some good stuff in it for abut 8 years. I hear the wood might work
good
> for smoking? I opened it up the other day and it smells awesome.
> Suggestions?

Well, when I was much younger my father brought home six Jack Daniels (one
of his customers at the time) barrels. I put about three or four quarts of
water in them and they laid in the sun for a summer (rolled about every once
in a while). What came out wasn't JD whiskey but it sure worked.