Sherry Casks.... or are they?

Interesting read. I would love to take a sample of pre-1980s sherried whisky to see if there is a big difference.

Interesting read. So NAS isn’t the only “less than honest” aspect of the scotch whisky industry.

@casualtorture do you mean pre-1980s bottled or pre-1980s casked?

It seems to be the previous method had older sherry in new casks for a short time, and the current method has younger sherry in the casks for a longer time.

I've heard the comment "drink more sherry because sherry casks for maturing whisky are in short supply". Now I'm thinking drink more sherry vinegar because they have too much for seasoning eastern European oak sherry barrels.

Interesting about what most distilleries (Scottish) say they do with the sherry contents . . . i.e. bin it!

I'm going all Ralfy, but I would bet that doesn't always happen in practice . . .

Wonderfully interesting article. @whiskynotes was an early Connosr member who went his own way about 6 years ago. He is well thought of within the world of whisky lovers. Whether all of the details of the article are correct I could not say, but I am inclined to take his report as accurate.

Mind that I didn't write this article from a perspective of 'honest' or 'dishonest'. This is just the way sherry casks are produced and I have no problem with it whatsoever as long as they produce tasty whisky. That said, it is true that (except for Macallan and Highland Park) very few distilleries use the term 'seasoned cask' or any other term that might clear up things. Most distilleries are just vague, rather than dishonest.

Victor, I haven't really 'gone my own way' but a daily blog is time-consuming already so you can't really keep up with different platforms at the same time. Oh, and this article is pretty much a resume of several years of picking up things in Scotland and in Spain. I've been writing about whisky for 10 years, and 5 years about sherry, and this topic has always gotten my interest.

Thanks for chiming in, Ruben!

I would describe anyone committing to his personal daily blog to the exclusion of other participation as the very definition of "going your own way". You can't have it both ways. You can't be a participant on Connosr without participating on Connosr. I make no condemnation of your choices. It's just the way it is.