Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, thanks for your information. What I gleaned was this quote. I'll send you the PDF of the review: "Part of what the distillery calls its "most significant new product launch in our illustrious 180-year history" -- a single malkt matured in casks used for sherry or bourbon. You draw the conclusions. thanks for your insight. Adam On 12/12/05, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > > Adam Bridge asked: > >>An aside: Has anyone tried the McCallan Scotch that's aged in oak wine > barrels? It sure sounds mellow to me. Read about it in the Wall Street > Journal's article on Scotch that was out this weekend.<<< > > Hi Adam, > In the case of single malt scotch it was and is aged in oak barrels. > > In the early days when Sherry imported into England came from Spain there > was a bountiful number of ex-sherry casks available to fill the shortage > of > plain Oak barrels. So the Sherry barrels began to add their "mellow" to > the > finer selections of single malt scotch. > > However, when the Brit's lost their taste for the volumes of Sherry, it > imported it seems the "Bourbon barrels" of the eastern USA. Those barrels > became known as "American Oak" barrels. I believe some distilleries still > import them from the USA. > > Your quoted article from the "Wall Street Journal?" Heaven forbid I > should > suggest the writer might be wrong and meant " aged in Sherry barrels, not > wine ?" Sherry barrels it's a known fact to single malt drinkers? Or > users > for medicinal purposes, ;-) we know the best comes from aging in Sherry > barrels!" > > Yes your, "It sure sounds mellow to me." is exactly where the mellow comes > from, the Sherry barrels. > > However, if it truly is a "wine barrel" then I stand corrected in the > case > of the McCallan and will be flogged at sunrise of this following day! :-( > The good part?... I get an extra ration of single malt to off set the > pain!" > ;-) Therefore without question... "medicinal purpose as you can > understand!" > Thank you sir. ;-) > > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > 1817 Feltham Road > Victoria BC V8N 2A4 > 250-477-2156 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >