Whisky matured on oloroso sherry casks and color / coloring

[Pascal De Schepper]

Re: Whisky matured on oloroso sherry casks and color / coloringWhat happens as you burn a cask that contained sugary liquids... ?  
Exactly, you 'll get burnt sugar: caramel deposits in the wood. That's why the wood gives a dark colour to the whisky...

GreetZ,
P.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Dejong 
  To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE 
  Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 4:15 PM
  Subject: Re: Whisky matured on oloroso sherry casks and color / coloring


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

  Now, I've 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 "WELL KNOWN!" 
  I, at least, only heard those stories, but never ever read something solid about it...

  So I can only assume that it is 'well known' 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 " It also well known that newmake from different
    distilleries got coloured in different ways."?
     
    One can read it as if some distilleries colour their newmake. This surely isn't 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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