What is the Sherry barrel flavor in whiskey?

What is the Sherry barrel flavor in whiskey?
What is a Sherry bucket? What are the flavor characteristics of Sherry barrel whiskey? What are the common Sherry cask whiskeys? What's the fate of Heavy Shirley Lovers?

Most of the new contact to drink whiskey, the favorite is the sherry barrel of this blind, drink sweet, very similar to brandy, but can say what is the sherry barrel of people are not many. In fact, the so-called sherry barrel whiskey is to put the distilled new wine into the oak barrel containing sherry wine to age, so that the whiskey produces dry fruit and the sweetness of sherry wine, and gives the wine darker color

Amber wine

Whisky, which had been clear and colourless, had been stained with golden amber by oak casks; And aging whiskey in a Sherry barrel is actually a beautiful accident.

At the end of the century, the Scottish government imposed heavy taxes on whiskey production, and many whisky distillers could not afford it, so they went underground and secretly made whiskey.

To escape the tax collectors, moonshiners went to the highlands to steal whiskey, hiding it in Spanish sherry barrels as a disguise. Unexpectedly, the transparent colorless whiskey is stored in the sherry barrel, and the liquor not only becomes a beautiful amber color, but also integrates the flavor of sherry, and the taste becomes more mellow.

Flavor characteristics: Fruity, raisin, chocolate, brown sugar sherry originally produced in Spain, is a fortified wine (wine in oak barrels fully fermented, and then added brandy), the taste is very similar to the Chinese Shaoxing wine, which may be why many people have not heard of sherry, have not drunk sherry, but will like the sherry flavor!

Sherry Barrel whiskey is typically characterized by intense fruit, raisins, figs, almonds, nuts, dark chocolate, brown sugar, creme bruit, and even nutmeg and other spices. Its aroma is rich and sweet, with a clear fruity aroma, different from bourbon barrel whiskey fresh and light flowers, honey.

What is "heavy sherry"?

Many new to whiskey drinking friends, for the "heavy sherry" term are holding doubts, sherry barrel whiskey is also heavy? What criteria are used to determine "heavy sherry"? What color? What year is it?

In fact, the so-called "heavy sherry" does not have a strict definition, generally refers to the use of the first filled sherry barrel of aging whiskey, because the barrel is new, so it will give the whiskey more intense flavor, the wine color is relatively dark.

However, many people think that the darker the color of the wine, it is the "heavy sherry" style, which is not the correct concept. Because whiskey can be colored with caramel, color doesn't mean anything. Moreover, the wine color is not necessarily high in the dark year, and the high year may not be dark in color. You still have to taste the whiskey.

 Sherry cask whiskey raises all boats

In the past,Britain had been a big importer of Spanish sherry, and empty barrels made the best containers for ageing Scotch whisky. Since the use of sherry casks is a tradition of Scotch whisky, why does the whisky industry now rely heavily on bourbon casks?

It turned out that a few years ago, the Spanish government issued a decree banning the export of empty sherry barrels, making sherry barrels become hot and expensive. A good Spanish sherry barrel costs more than £700, while an American bourbon barrel costs around £70 - a 10-fold difference. This is also the reason why there are fewer and fewer sherry casks on the market, and high vintage sherry casks are becoming more expensive and more scarce.

(GlenDronach), (Macallan), (Glenfarclas) and other distilleries, known for the quality of sherry barrel whiskey, Glendona 12 years, Macallan 12 years, Banrick Red Ding 12 years, are very easy to get Sherry barrel whiskey.

If you want to try the "heavy Sherry" flavor, consider the Glendona 21 Year Old, the Glendona Cask strength first or Second edition, and the Grange 105 Single Malt Scotch Whisky, which has the strength of the original wine and the rare alcohol level of 48% bottled, not only the heavy Sherry, but also the taste and durability are very strong. Drinking it once is guaranteed to be unforgettable!

Glendona 12 year old single malt Scotch whisky

Wines aged over 12 years in Oloroso Sherry barrels (60%) and Pedro Ximanez sherry barrels (40%) were filtered through non-condensing filtration with an alcohol concentration of 43%.

Grange 105 single malt Scotch whisky

A generic single malt whisky bottled with an alcohol content of up to 60%.