How to Turn One Bottle Into Two Legendary Spirits

One Bottle. Multiple Possibilities.

Just because you started aging one spirit doesn’t mean your bottle’s journey ends there. One of the smartest tricks in the Deer Jimmy’s® playbook is the split batch. That means using the same bottle to age more than one type of spirit — not at the same time, but one after the other. It’s simple, clever, and the results are nothing short of legendary.

The Oak Remembers

Here’s the secret: the oak chips inside your bottle don’t lose their power after one use. Sure, the first spirit pulls a lot of character from the wood — flavor, aroma, even a bit of color. But when you finish that batch and refill the bottle with a different spirit, you don’t just get fresh aging. You also get a hint of what came before.

First Round: Set the Foundation

Start with something clean and familiar — vodka or gin, for example. Let it age for a few weeks. Once it reaches that sweet spot, pour it into a separate bottle and set it aside. The chips will now carry traces of both their original barrel origin and your first spirit. That’s where the magic starts.

Second Round: Build the Legend

Now, fill the same bottle with a different base. Try a white rum or young genever. What happens next is a blend of worlds. You’ll still get oak extraction — but now layered with soft echoes of the first round. It’s like passing down flavor from one generation to the next. And no two bottles will ever taste the same.

Your Signature, Your Sequence

Split batch aging isn’t just efficient. It’s creative. It lets you explore combinations no commercial distillery would ever dare to bottle. It turns one bottle into a canvas for evolution — for chapters, not just single stories. The oak holds memory. You just have to give it something new to remember.