[MM-MALTS-L] Change in maturation

[David Evans]

Would it be possible to fill the void with glass marbles?




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From: Magnus Orrenäs <magnus.orrenas at home.se>
To: mm-malts-l at grsnet.net
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:04:45 AM
Subject: [MM-MALTS-L] Change in maturation


Hi all
 
I am a lurker since more than ten years and I have been very happy that way, sharing all the wisdom and debates on this list.
But now I feel the need to come forward with a question of my own.
 
I am together with some friends the lucky owner of a cask of Bruichladdich. We have now been given the possibility to bottle only 1/3 of the cask (bourbon barrel) and to leave the rest for a few years more.
I think it would be very interesting to have two different age expressions of the same whisky, I like the idea.
 
I expect the maturation process to be different with the cask containing 1/3 of air (or rather alcohol vapours), but different in what way?
What could we expect from the aging process for such a cask?
 
Any thoughts appreciated
 
Cheers
Magnus
Stockholm, Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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