Just how MUCH is sherry used to flavour and colour Scotch Whisky? .. I Mean, we all know it is " matured in aged sherry casks" etc. But if you leave an empty whisky glass for a while then sniff it, it smells very strongly of cheap sherry. So I stongly suspect that sherry is being used both as a colouring agent ( along with caramel, I believe) and also as a flavouring. Whisky originates as a colourless fluid, I know . So Im curious just how much they use Sherry during their mystical "blending" process to ensure consistent colouring.
2006-07-30 23:42:53 · 6 answers · asked by Not Ecky Boy 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
some Scotch Whisky is matured in old oak barrels which previously contained sherry. It picks up the colour and some of the flavour from the sherry which soaked into the wood.
2006-07-30 23:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by XT rider 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Sherry casks is the only connection. The cask wood has been saturated with the sherry seeping into it, over several years.
This is then picked up by the whisky. As a Scot myself, I hate the bloody stuff, whisky that is. Its just glorified disinfectant.
2006-07-30 23:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The barrel colours and flavours the Whisky whilst it matures, all whisky has to be matured for 3 years minimum before it can be called Whisky.
Which whisky are you drinking to suspect this (as I'll then know to avoid it!).
2006-07-30 23:47:04 · answer #3 · answered by ehc11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not used at all but fermentation process is used to make both
2006-07-30 23:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both can get you F'd up!
2006-07-31 02:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they both get i p****d
2006-07-30 23:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by monaUK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋