WHILE IT IS OFTEN DEBATED, we HOLD FIRM that barrels INFLUENCE roughly 80% of the FInal FLavor of a whiskey.The Notes and character created from contact with oak are what shape the whiskeys we love and enjoy.instead of fInishing our whiskey inside of barrels, we explored what happens when You do the exact opposite. we fInish our whiskey with broken barrel staves. WE put wood into OUR whiskey - and the results were unbelievable.