The age recorded on the label of a whisky bottle refers to the number of years it was aged before being bottled. Once in the bottle, whisky does not improve.
I wish I had known that 20 years ago...I once got a powder horn shaped bottle of George Dickel (Tennessee Whiskey) and decided not to open it until I retired. I opened it the night of my retirement and found that the cork had disentagrated. Most of the liquid was left, but tasted terrible. What a waste!
You folks down under probably don't know George, but it much better than the usually famous Jack Daniels, especially if you like your whiskey over the rocks. Jack is bitter when sipped this way, but George is mighty good!
Hope you had a great week as counsellor (did I get that right?). Looking forward to reading all about it on your blog.
I can take no credit for the header image, beyond taking the photograph. It was Terry Fletcher, webmaster of the Anglo-Indian Portal, who put it on the header and asked me what I thought of it.
I knew that too. Infact the age given on the bottle is the minimum years that each of the grain and malt whiskey has to be aged before they are blended to make a scotch whiskey. Blue Label is the only whiskey (good one) in the world that does not have an age claim in spite of which they are best sellers. And in most cases only a handful of people in the distillery or the company know in what proportions these grain and malt whiskeys are mixed to make the final scotch whiskey. Also another thing that I found quite facinating is that there is no machine which adds these in a particular proportion. The master blender actually tastes each lot and decides if thats how it should taste. When I was working for Pernod Ricard India, I had the good priviledge of meeting a gentleman called Colin Scott who is the Master Blender of Chivas Regal (before whom was his father and before that his grand father). Isnt it a job we would all love to have... Siddharth
The age recorded on the label of a whisky bottle refers to the number of years it was aged before being bottled. Once in the bottle, whisky does not improve.
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I actually knew this one! Woo!
Also, you have a distorted idea of what "a few hours" constitutes. :D
David,
Just wanted to let you know that I like the look of the new header image.
Hope you're doing well.
I wish I had known that 20 years ago...I once got a powder horn shaped bottle of George Dickel (Tennessee Whiskey) and decided not to open it until I retired. I opened it the night of my retirement and found that the cork had disentagrated. Most of the liquid was left, but tasted terrible. What a waste!
You folks down under probably don't know George, but it much better than the usually famous Jack Daniels, especially if you like your whiskey over the rocks. Jack is bitter when sipped this way, but George is mighty good!
david,
i love these tit-bits and trivia stuff you post. i simply love to read them.
i second luke's comment.
mushy,
felt sad to know that the the liquid tasted bad.
give 'George' good company! ;)
cheese
rk
Hi Bart-Man,
You're on up on me, 'cause I didn't know it!
Okay, so I'm working on my understanding of ``a few hours''.
Gimme time - a few hours, maybe!
Cheers
David
Hi Luke,
Hope you had a great week as counsellor (did I get that right?). Looking forward to reading all about it on your blog.
I can take no credit for the header image, beyond taking the photograph. It was Terry Fletcher, webmaster of the Anglo-Indian Portal, who put it on the header and asked me what I thought of it.
I was amazed. All credit to Terry.
Good to have you back
Cheers
David
Hi Mushy,
I feel your pain. I hope you kept the power-horn shaped bottle.
If you still have it, can we please see a photograph of it on your blog?
Hope your shoulder is better and that you're recovering from the surgery.
Cheers
David
Hi RK,
Glad to know you like those segments. I started posting them around Christmas time, I think.
The reasoning was that they would be short items, easily readable and good for novelty value.
Thanks for your enouragement.
Cheers
David
I knew that too. Infact the age given on the bottle is the minimum years that each of the grain and malt whiskey has to be aged before they are blended to make a scotch whiskey. Blue Label is the only whiskey (good one) in the world that does not have an age claim in spite of which they are best sellers. And in most cases only a handful of people in the distillery or the company know in what proportions these grain and malt whiskeys are mixed to make the final scotch whiskey. Also another thing that I found quite facinating is that there is no machine which adds these in a particular proportion. The master blender actually tastes each lot and decides if thats how it should taste. When I was working for Pernod Ricard India, I had the good priviledge of meeting a gentleman called Colin Scott who is the Master Blender of Chivas Regal (before whom was his father and before that his grand father). Isnt it a job we would all love to have... Siddharth
Interesting...
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