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" Jefferson&amp;#039;s Bourbon owner Trey Zoller pondered an interesting question a few years ago: What would happen to his hooch if he gave a few barrels of it to his friend Chris Fischer, an expedition leader of the non-profit ocean research group OCEARCH, and had Fischer take them with him around the world at sea?  Zoller was inspired by watching a bottle of bourbon rock back and forth while sitting on the bow of a ship; he wanted to see if the movement could be replicated inside barrels to enhance the aging process. The constant rocking of the ocean, fluctuation in temperature, and saline-rich air would help mature the whiskey faster and add depth to the bourbon, Zoller suspected.  He was right. The resulting bourbon, bottled as Jefferson&amp;#039;s Ocean II: Aged at Sea (the first ocean-aged bourbon from Jefferson&amp;#039;s debuted in August 2012 with only 250 bottles released), is a dark brown spirit whose caramel and raisin notes make it more closely resemble a rum than a typical bourbon. The sloshing also must have meant the liquid had more constant and complete contact with the wood, because it&amp;#039;s smoother and rounder than you&amp;#039;d expect from a bourbon.  &amp;quot;We wanted to continue experimenting with the ocean-aging process,&amp;quot; Zoller says. &amp;quot;Allowing the bourbon to age additionally on the ocean, the spirit soaks up the elements of the sea. The result is truly unique and displays characteristics never seen before in bourbons of this age.&amp;quot; For this release, Zoller sent four barrels of bourbon that had already been aged seven to eight years on land on Fischer&amp;#039;s 126-foot research vessel (above); those barrels will be auctioned off to benefit OCEARCH. Sixty-two additional barrels were sent out on a container ship that stopped in 40 ports around the world, visiting five different continents and crossing the equator four times. Bottlings from those are now for sale (while supplies last!) at $70 for a 750ml supply. jeffersonsbourbon.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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