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August 28, 2009

Cachaça & Native Brazilian Woods

The American Society of São Paulo has posted a wonderful exploration of the role of wood choice in the cachaça aging process.

From the post:

The aging process brings another fabulous aspect to this experience. Prime cachaças age in wood barrels made from over 26 different native Brazilian trees, giving them different body and characteristics. As even the most seasoned people around the world are only used to oak barrel-aged spirits, the discovery of these unexpected notes can intrigue even the most experienced connoisseur.

There are oak-aged cachaças that give you that familiar base taste you can get in any given whiskey, but try the ones aged in umburana, jequitibá, ipê, balsam wood, jatobá or guarandi and you’ll see that there is a wealth of tastes and experiences waiting to be untapped.

Posted by on August 28, 2009 at 08:02 AM in Making-of |

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  • Hi. My name is Phil Gomes. By day, I work at a public relations firm as its senior vice president of digital integration. I'm a proud SF East Bay native who currently lives in Chicago.

    I was introduced to cachaça by my wife, a Carioca. Her mom, in turn, is the president of the Confraria de Cachaça do Copo Furado, a group that meets monthly to talk about Brazil's indigenous spirit. I participated in one of their meetings when I vacationed in Rio in July 2008.

    This started me thinking about the basic question of whether cachaça in the U.S. is today where, say, tequila was some decades ago.

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