Whisky matured on oloroso sherry casks and color / coloring

[Paul Dejong]

Exactly what I was wondering about...
If I read that statement correctly, one cannot interpret that another way
Jesper!
Abbreviated it reads: ³Its is WELL KNOWN that newmake got colored in
different ways² 

Now, I¹ve heard before that newmake got colored...and I doubted it, (still
do BTW)
(always assumed that it was a case of being to lazy to empty out the butts
with 15l of sherry left in it...?)
but I am rather certain that it is not ³WELL KNOWN!²
I, at least, only heard those stories, but never ever read something solid
about it...

So I can only assume that it is Œwell known¹ within the select circle of
distillers, but rather unknown
By the general public... Or am I mistaken?

Please clarify Thomas!

Paul


On 6/15/06 3:52 PM, "J. Stephen Lure" <jstephenlure at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>   
> Just one question: What do you mean by ² It also well known that newmake from
> different
> distilleries got coloured in different ways.²?
>   
> One can read it as if some distilleries colour their newmake. This surely
> isn¹t the case, is it?
>   
> Cheers,
> JESPER
>   
> 
> [...]
> It also well known that newmake from different distilleries got coloured in
> different ways.
> I have seen and tasted 3 yo Glenfarclas that was matured in sherry butts that
> was fresh, in that
> perspective that the wood was in very good shape. The 3yo was dark as 15yo
> Macallan, although
> not as redish yet.
>   
> So to your question: It's the european wood that do much of the trick,
> together with the newmake
> and also the liquid that used cask before.
> [...]
> 
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