Balvenie Hazelwood

[Pete Lamb]

Hi Ulf,
 
Thanks for this quick response - one question if you were to have put something in a different type of cask before 1988 would you be able to bottle it now as it was "casked" before the law changed?
 
Regards
 
Pete
 
 
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From: Ulf.Buxrud at TELIA.COM
To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
Sent: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 7.32PM
Subject: Re: Balvenie Hazelwood


I have heard a few rumours that Balvenie are to release a Hazelwood finish - I know about it being called Hazelwood for the same Janet Robertson reasons but is there any truth in the rumour that it will actually be finished in a hazelwood cask?  Also if it is would this be legal? Interested in your thoughts as always. 
Pete
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It is a false rumour.
 
Scotch whisky can legally only be matured and/or finished in casks made by oak. 
E.g. any subspecies of the family ‘Quercus’, that traditionally has been used in Scotland for whisky production. ‘Traditionally’ is a keyword often used by SWA to block out unwanted ‘developments’ like John Glaser’s ‘Spice tree’.
 
This addendum came in effect as late as 1988. Before then the qualifier ‘oak’ was not used in the law text. Hence, it was ‘permitted’ and done, to use casks of other wood types. Whisky matured in
casks made from chestnut as well as cherry (not sherry) wood is reported to have existed post WWII.
 
Ulf  
 
 
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