Maturation a la casa

by **Robocod** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:12 pm

The same person that makes the 30 l casks for Mackmyra Whisk(e)y here in Sweden also makes 3 l casks lightly toasted on the inside. The cost is 900 SEK i.e. 100 EUR. I was thinking on buying one and finish some cheap single malts in sherry, fino, oloroso or PX. The malts I am having in mind is Macleods Islay 8 y.o. (Lagavulin?) with PX, Macleods Lowland 8 y.o. (Auchentochan) with oloroso and/or Grants 5 y.o. in fino. Now my questions to you members on the forum.

Has anybody here done it and what was the result?
Finish proposals?
Whisky proposals?

Robocod

by **Di Blasi** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:26 pm

Wow interesting, nice opportunity. I assume they are new casks, making me think the actual amount of time in the cask isn't too long since it's actually a finish you'll be doing. I have no experience doing this at all, but am curious to hear about the outcome.

by **Robocod** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:39 pm

Yes, the casks are new and you could even decide the toasting, lightly, medium or well done.

Robocod

by **Deactivated Member** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:29 pm

Here's a fairly lengthy thread about some folks doing the same thing with American whiskey (bourbon/rye):

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/s ... =re-barrel

by **Deactivated Member** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:08 pm

Robocod, how do you propose to do a finish? Are you going to season the cask with sherry or whatever first? Seems kind of risky to me.

by **Robocod** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:41 pm

TNBourbon, thank you for the link, very useful.
MrTattieHeid, I imagine that sherry in the cask for 3-4 months should be enough, pour it out and whisky in.
As for risk, financial riskwise yes.
Whiskywise maybe, it could make poor whisky (Glen Grant 5y.o.) better than poor.

Robocod

by **Deactivated Member** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:03 pm

Perfect! I was trying to think of a young candidate for this kind of treatment--you probably wouldn't want to do a PC5!

Buy two, do one straight.

by **vitara7** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:05 pm

i think it soulds intersting, im too lazy to do it myself though...

by **TheLaddie** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:03 am

Robocod wrote:Whiskywise maybe, it could make poor whisky (Glen Grant 5y.o.) better than poor.

If you put pixie dust and holy water in the cask for 3-4 months beforehand you may have a chance of making it drinkable... :wink:

by Ed » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:20 pm

There is a new thread on rebarreling scotch over on StraightBourbon.com.

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/s ... php?t=6488

There isn't much on the thread yet because the project has just started.

Ed