Comments on: Cask Strength http://liquor.com/liquor/articles/cask-strength/ Liquor.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:29:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Audria Bohnker http://liquor.com/liquor/articles/cask-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-3829 Audria Bohnker Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:48:48 +0000 http://liquor.com/?p=3600#comment-3829 I like your Post and the alltimes good Informations. I like your Post and the alltimes good Informations.

]]> By: Matty S http://liquor.com/liquor/articles/cask-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Matty S Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:44:18 +0000 http://liquor.com/?p=3600#comment-181 I think it's mostly Marketing hype, like choosing the grapes to go in your wine. I imagine that after you painstakingly choose your barrel it then gets carted off & filtered & the proof is adjusted. You most likely wouldn't recognize it in a retasting. Then again it's a pretty cool thing to show off "Your" own personal barrel. I think it’s mostly Marketing hype, like choosing the grapes to go in your wine.
I imagine that after you painstakingly choose your barrel it then gets carted off & filtered & the proof is adjusted.
You most likely wouldn’t recognize it in a retasting. Then again it’s a pretty cool thing to show off “Your” own personal barrel.

]]> By: Noah Rothbaum: Editor-in-Chief, Liquor.com http://liquor.com/liquor/articles/cask-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Noah Rothbaum: Editor-in-Chief, Liquor.com Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:22:41 +0000 http://liquor.com/?p=3600#comment-169 Hey C Foster- Good question. Every year a cask loses a bit of spirit to evaporation--it's called the angel's share. The rate of evaporation depends upon where the spirit is aging. Obviously, there is no problem with evaporation if the spirit is bottled. But unfortunately, once a spirit goes into a bottle it stops aging. Not only is the bottle airtight but the cask contributes a huge amount of flavor to the spirit. All spirits go into a barrel clear and come out brown. -Noah Noah Rothbaum Editor-in-Chief Liquor.com Hey C Foster-

Good question. Every year a cask loses a bit of spirit to evaporation–it’s called the angel’s share. The rate of evaporation depends upon where the spirit is aging. Obviously, there is no problem with evaporation if the spirit is bottled. But unfortunately, once a spirit goes into a bottle it stops aging. Not only is the bottle airtight but the cask contributes a huge amount of flavor to the spirit. All spirits go into a barrel clear and come out brown.

-Noah

Noah Rothbaum
Editor-in-Chief
Liquor.com

]]> By: C Foster http://liquor.com/liquor/articles/cask-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-153 C Foster Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:07:26 +0000 http://liquor.com/?p=3600#comment-153 I had a fellow bartender ask me a question in reference to casks. Does aging effect the volume of the cask and is it a more price effective use than bottles? Any response would be appreciated. Thanks, C Foster I had a fellow bartender ask me a question in reference to casks. Does aging effect the volume of the cask and is it a more price effective use than bottles? Any response would be appreciated.

Thanks,
C Foster

]]> By: Christopher Carlsson http://liquor.com/liquor/articles/cask-strength/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Christopher Carlsson Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:32:18 +0000 http://liquor.com/?p=3600#comment-119 You forgot to mention Rick Wasmunds Malt Whiskey (smoked with apple and cherry wood) which sells barrels of spirits and barrel kits starting at 2 liters up to 5 gallons at very competitive prices. http://www.copperfox.biz/ You forgot to mention Rick Wasmunds Malt Whiskey (smoked with apple and cherry wood) which sells barrels of spirits and barrel kits starting at 2 liters up to 5 gallons at very competitive prices. http://www.copperfox.biz/

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