07-30-2019, 02:08 PM
Haven't heard any response yet from the OP after the comments and suggestions.....
Other than my question about OP's budget (or if cost is no issue at all) which is unanswered, it should be noted that an individual barrel's "result" whether cryo or not is not necessarily indicative of the mfr (and indeed the commenter may have some bias in his judgment; at any rate it is at most the testimony of 1), since every barrel is unique after all.
The term "best" for a 16" is not objectively defined with quantitative criteria, so the recommended approach would be to look at barrel mfrs/families that have statistically significant quantities of top-flight barrels. Ergo, back to the Bartlein, Krieger, Lilja, etc. group.
Other than my question about OP's budget (or if cost is no issue at all) which is unanswered, it should be noted that an individual barrel's "result" whether cryo or not is not necessarily indicative of the mfr (and indeed the commenter may have some bias in his judgment; at any rate it is at most the testimony of 1), since every barrel is unique after all.
The term "best" for a 16" is not objectively defined with quantitative criteria, so the recommended approach would be to look at barrel mfrs/families that have statistically significant quantities of top-flight barrels. Ergo, back to the Bartlein, Krieger, Lilja, etc. group.
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