Method of producing a finished, aged distilled spirit

Abstract

The disclosure provides in-bottle finishing bottle of a spirit. In one example, the in-bottle finishing bottle includes: (1) a bottle having an opening and containing a distilled spirit and a visible, wood piece in the distilled spirit, (2) a lid closing the opening, (3) a seal over the lid, and (4) a label, wherein the wood piece provides a finishing for the distilled spirit according to a flavor profile, and the label indicates the flavor profile.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An in-bottle finishing bottle of a distilled spirit, comprising:
 a bottle having an opening and containing a distilled spirit and a visible, wood piece in the distilled spirit;   a lid closing the opening;   a seal over the lid; and   a label, wherein the wood piece provides a finishing for the distilled spirit according to a flavor profile, and the label indicates the flavor profile.   
     
     
         2 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the distilled spirit is an aged distilled spirit. 
     
     
         3 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the flavor profile is based on a type of wood, a toast level, and a char level of the wood piece. 
     
     
         4 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the wood piece is a spire. 
     
     
         5 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the flavor profile is based on a spirit the wood piece rests in before the wood piece is placed in the bottle. 
     
     
         6 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the spirit the wood piece rests in is a different spirit than the distilled spirit in the bottle. 
     
     
         7 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the spirit the wood piece rests in is beer. 
     
     
         8 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the spirit the wood piece rests in is wine. 
     
     
         9 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the wood piece is a first wood piece and the bottle includes at least one more wood piece in the distilled spirit. 
     
     
         10 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the first wood piece is of a first wood type and the at least one more wood piece is of a second wood type different than the first wood type. 
     
     
         11 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the wood piece is cut from a wood barrel that was previously used for aging of a spirit. 
     
     
         12 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the distilled spirit is bourbon. 
     
     
         13 . An in-bottle finishing bottle of an aged distilled spirit, comprising:
 a bottle having an opening and containing an aged distilled spirit and a visible, wood spire in the distilled spirit;   a lid closing the opening;   a seal over the lid; and   a label, wherein the wood spire provides a finishing for the aged distilled spirit according to a flavor profile based on one or more of a type of wood, a toast level, or a char level of the wood spire, and the label indicates the flavor profile.   
     
     
         14 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the flavor profile is further based on a spirit the wood spire rests in before the wood spire is placed in the bottle. 
     
     
         15 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the spirit the wood spire rests in is a different spirit than the age distilled spirit in the bottle. 
     
     
         16 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the wood spire is one of multiple wood pieces in the aged distilled spirit. 
     
     
         17 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the multiple wood pieces include at least two different types of wood. 
     
     
         18 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 13 , wherein the wood spire touches a bottom of the bottle. 
     
     
         19 . An in-bottle finishing bottle of a spirit, comprising:
 a bottle having an opening and containing a spirit and a visible, wood piece in the spirit;   a lid closing the opening;   a seal over the lid; and   a label, wherein the wood piece provides a finishing for the spirit according to a flavor profile of the wood piece, and the label indicates the flavor profile.   
     
     
         20 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 19 , wherein the spirit is a beer. 
     
     
         21 . The in-bottle finishing bottle as recited in  claim 19 , wherein the spirit is a wine.