Scotch Whisky / Bourbon Whiskey thread

ttystikk

ttystikk

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DST said:
I think it probably enhances the experience.
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It was not a facetious question. I'm genuinely curious. They sell a brand of whiskey called Tin Cup, named after a tiny little cluster of summer cabins in the high Rockies. Neat spot, I've stayed there, BTW. Anyway, drinking the whiskey out of the included metal shotglass certainly affects the flavor. It is a different experience, for sure!
 
DST

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ttystikk said:
It was not a facetious question. I'm genuinely curious. They sell a brand of whiskey called Tin Cup, named after a tiny little cluster of summer cabins in the high Rockies. Neat spot, I've stayed there, BTW. Anyway, drinking the whiskey out of the included metal shotglass certainly affects the flavor. It is a different experience, for sure!
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I didnt think it was a facetious question. I have also tried to explain to people why i think my drams are better in a nice crystal glass. For me my dram glass has several things. The feeling of its weight in my hand (as well as the grooves from the pattern). Its there, its solid, its protecting my amber nectar. The lip is thin and has that reassuring firmness unlike a cheap champagne flute that could break in your teeth. The Dutch have a great word which is Gezellig(heid) and it describes many nice things and situations. My glass brings me gezelligheid basically.

Aint it funny what you find at the back of the kitchen cupboard....trying this just now. I am sure its got a banana taste to it lol.
Slainte mhath.
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BarnBuster

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Behind the misleading claims fueling America's bourbon boom​

Drawn to the "small batch" or "hand-crafted" bourbon at your liquor store? Turns out, those phrases might not mean much.
by Andrew Stern / Jun.09.2018 / 7:00 AM ET ABC

Unless you’re fluent in the industry’s jargon, it can be “very hard to figure out who’s actually distilling their own whiskey,” according to Colin Spoelman, co-founder and master distiller of Kings County Distillery, which distills all its own spirits in Brooklyn, New York.

Terms like “small batch,” “craft,” and “hand-crafted” have no set legal meaning — they’re just marketing terms. Likewise, brands are free to proclaim “made by,” “produced by” or “bottled by” on their label, even if they didn’t distill the actual spirit that’s in the bottle.

“In the spirits business, historically, there's just a lot of shadiness,” Spoelman concluded. “It's just a shady business.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/behind-misleading-claims-fueling-america-s-bourbon-boom-n879651
 
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Buffalo Trace Provides Update On How It Is Addressing Bourbon Shortages​
By Nino Marchetti / June 12, 2018 - The Whiskey Wash​
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One topic that’s often been at the center of debate in the world of Kentucky bourbon in recent times is the so-called bourbon shortage. Whether you believe it is real or not, distilleries making this form of whiskey have taken various steps to address it in their own ways, such as limiting certain more popular releases and putting a lot more unaged whiskey into barrel. One of those on the forefront of this is Buffalo Trace, and folks there have just provided an update on how their progress is going.

Buffalo Trace, back in 2013, said it took a critical look at its bourbon inventory, current sales, and 20 year sales projections and determined it had a problem: fans were drinking more bourbon than the company had predicted. It thus put a majority of its bourbons on allocation so it didn’t supposedly run out. It also increased distillation and started added aging warehouse space, thinking these steps, among others, “were the appropriate reaction to the problem, rather than raising prices to slow sales or compromising taste or quality to bottle more by diluting proof, or bottling barrels before they fully matured.”

Fast forward to 2018, and bourbon growth in the United States continues at a furious pace. For Buffalo Trace, they feel this is a relatively good thing given their predictions and planning. It has resulted in the following statuses for its various bottlings:

Fans of Buffalo Trace Bourbon will enjoy finding more bottles available in 2018, but the company still suspects it will not be enough to meet demand.

There’s good news on other brands too, like Eagle Rare, W. L. Weller, E. H. Taylor Jr, and Blanton’s Single Barrel, as all of these brands will see more barrels come of age and bottles produced in 2018.

The Distillery will continue to bottle other fan favorites such as Van Winkle, George T. Stagg, Elmer T. Lee and Sazerac Rye as barrels mature, but unfortunately there will be little growth on these brands.

“When I started with the company in 1995,” said Buffalo Trace master distiller Harlen Wheatley in a prepared statement, “we filled 12,000 barrels a year. Today the growth seems moderate, but when you think about how far we’ve come, it’s actually phenomenal, considering when we’re on track to produce 200,000 barrels this year.”

Even with all of this pretty positive news, Buffalo Trace advised it expects the majority of its whiskeys will still be on allocation, and will continue bourbon allocations across the U.S. to ensure each state receives some. Aggressive expansion plans to the tune of nearly $1.2 billion continue at the distillery, meanwhile, and include the following to date:

Already, two new barrel warehouses are complete with new barrels are being loaded inside. The third is going up rapidly, and the foundation has been started for the fourth. When complete, each of these new warehouses will hold 58,800 barrels of whiskey. The plan is to build one new warehouse every four months for the next several years. Each warehouse cost $7.5 million to build and $21.0 million to fill with barrels.

All those barrels means whiskey production must be increased too, which is why Buffalo Trace is in the process of replacing its boilers (some of which have been in place since the 1950s) and is prepping its site to add a new cooling tower next summer. The cooling tower cools down the water that is used for cooling down the grain after its cooked into mash.

Next summer, the Distillery plans to add four new cookers, twice the size of the existing cookers. Plus, four new fermenters will be installed. These 92,000 gallons fermenting tanks will be same size as the existing fermenters – the largest in the distilling industry.

The distllery expansion will displace the main bottling operation at Buffalo Trace. So a new bottling hall is being built at a cost of $50.0 million which will improve efficiency, flexibility and overall quality. The move is expected to be complete by the end of 2018.


 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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BarnBuster said:
Buffalo Trace Provides Update On How It Is Addressing Bourbon Shortages​
By Nino Marchetti / June 12, 2018 - The Whiskey Wash​
​
One topic that’s often been at the center of debate in the world of Kentucky bourbon in recent times is the so-called bourbon shortage. Whether you believe it is real or not, distilleries making this form of whiskey have taken various steps to address it in their own ways, such as limiting certain more popular releases and putting a lot more unaged whiskey into barrel. One of those on the forefront of this is Buffalo Trace, and folks there have just provided an update on how their progress is going.

Buffalo Trace, back in 2013, said it took a critical look at its bourbon inventory, current sales, and 20 year sales projections and determined it had a problem: fans were drinking more bourbon than the company had predicted. It thus put a majority of its bourbons on allocation so it didn’t supposedly run out. It also increased distillation and started added aging warehouse space, thinking these steps, among others, “were the appropriate reaction to the problem, rather than raising prices to slow sales or compromising taste or quality to bottle more by diluting proof, or bottling barrels before they fully matured.”

Fast forward to 2018, and bourbon growth in the United States continues at a furious pace. For Buffalo Trace, they feel this is a relatively good thing given their predictions and planning. It has resulted in the following statuses for its various bottlings:

Fans of Buffalo Trace Bourbon will enjoy finding more bottles available in 2018, but the company still suspects it will not be enough to meet demand.

There’s good news on other brands too, like Eagle Rare, W. L. Weller, E. H. Taylor Jr, and Blanton’s Single Barrel, as all of these brands will see more barrels come of age and bottles produced in 2018.

The Distillery will continue to bottle other fan favorites such as Van Winkle, George T. Stagg, Elmer T. Lee and Sazerac Rye as barrels mature, but unfortunately there will be little growth on these brands.

“When I started with the company in 1995,” said Buffalo Trace master distiller Harlen Wheatley in a prepared statement, “we filled 12,000 barrels a year. Today the growth seems moderate, but when you think about how far we’ve come, it’s actually phenomenal, considering when we’re on track to produce 200,000 barrels this year.”

Even with all of this pretty positive news, Buffalo Trace advised it expects the majority of its whiskeys will still be on allocation, and will continue bourbon allocations across the U.S. to ensure each state receives some. Aggressive expansion plans to the tune of nearly $1.2 billion continue at the distillery, meanwhile, and include the following to date:

Already, two new barrel warehouses are complete with new barrels are being loaded inside. The third is going up rapidly, and the foundation has been started for the fourth. When complete, each of these new warehouses will hold 58,800 barrels of whiskey. The plan is to build one new warehouse every four months for the next several years. Each warehouse cost $7.5 million to build and $21.0 million to fill with barrels.

All those barrels means whiskey production must be increased too, which is why Buffalo Trace is in the process of replacing its boilers (some of which have been in place since the 1950s) and is prepping its site to add a new cooling tower next summer. The cooling tower cools down the water that is used for cooling down the grain after its cooked into mash.

Next summer, the Distillery plans to add four new cookers, twice the size of the existing cookers. Plus, four new fermenters will be installed. These 92,000 gallons fermenting tanks will be same size as the existing fermenters – the largest in the distilling industry.

The distllery expansion will displace the main bottling operation at Buffalo Trace. So a new bottling hall is being built at a cost of $50.0 million which will improve efficiency, flexibility and overall quality. The move is expected to be complete by the end of 2018.

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A million here, a million there and pretty soon it adds up to real money.
 
BarnBuster

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OH NOES! :(


BARDSTOWN, Ky. (WLKY) — A building collapse at the Barton 1792 distillery in Bardstown sent thousands of bourbon barrels crashing to the ground. Bardstown fire officials said the collapse happened at Barton 1792 after 11 a.m. Friday. Nelson County Emergency Management spokesman Milt Spalding said about 9,000 barrels of aging bourbon were affected. The building houses about 20,000 barrels of aging bourbon. Stacks of bourbon barrels can be seen in the rubble. Officials are trying to determine if any bourbon spilled
 
DST

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I picked up a bottle of Royal Brackla on a wee business jolly recently. Also some Conspiracy Kush among other flavours. My bungalow was 5 yards from the emergency exit of a cannabis social club my friend runs in Tenerife. Couldn't have been better:)
And the Brackla came with a Quake. Which os a small two handled bowl used in celebrations, Burns Night and the like. The handles are used for passing on the Quake to the next person along. Its a social thing:)
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