Why oak barrels?

[squire]

I'll bet there's more than orange wood chips being used for flavor.

[Alden]

There is a whiskey made here in Florida that uses orange tree chips in small oak barrels. Palm Ridge Reserve. It's pretty typical of a lot of the young micro juice aged in small barrels except the wood from the orange trees gives it a tiny little bit of citrus flavor. I'll bet it would make an interesting cocktail.

Orange wood is also great for grilling.

I detect a definite orange flavor in Woodford Reserve, by the way.