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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Magnus Orrenäs <magnus.orrenas@home.se><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> mm-malts-l@grsnet.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, August 28, 2009 5:04:45 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [MM-MALTS-L] Change in maturation<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>Hi all</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>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.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>But now I feel the need to come forward with a question of my own.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>I am together with some friends the lucky owner of a cask of <SPAN class=578082908-28082009>B</SPAN><SPAN class=578082908-28082009>ruichladdich</SPAN>. 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.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>I think it would be very interesting to have two different age expressions of the same whisky, I like the idea.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>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?</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>What could we expect from the aging process for such a cask?</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>Any thoughts appreciated</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>Cheers</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P>
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