cask". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) Kenneth Kilby (1989), The cooper and his trade, Fresno, California, Linden Publishing, p. 91 ISBN 0-941936-16-3. Wooden casks of various sizes were used to store whale oil on ships in the age of sail. Its viscous nature made sperm whale oil a particularly difficult substance to contain in staved containers. Oil coopers were probably the most skilled coopers in pre-industrial cooperage. Olive oil, seed oils and other organic oils were also placed in wooden casks for storage or transport. vat". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

Canadian Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870) – Canadian Whisky, Canadian Rye Whisky or Rye Whisky (B.02.020)". Accessed on December 15, 2010. Main articles: Drum (container) and Barrel (unit) Blue 55-US gallon (44imp gal, 200L) barrel (drum)

keg". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) The Roman historian Pliny the Elder reports that cooperage in Europe originated with the Gauls in Alpine villages where they stored their beverages in wooden casks bound with hoops. [10] Pliny identified three different types of coopers: ordinary coopers, wine coopers and coopers who made large casks. [11] Large casks contain more and bigger staves and are correspondingly more difficulty to assemble. Roman coopers tended to be independent tradesmen, passing their skills on to their sons. The Greek geographer Strabo records that wooden pithoi (barrels) were lined with pitch to stop leakage and preserve the wine. [12]

Uses today [ edit ] Beverage maturing [ edit ] Wine barrels in Napa Valley, California, USA This Mercier oak barrel with a capacity of 200,000 Champagne bottles was created for the 1889 world exposition in Paris. Opened Japanese Sake barrel for move. Seaspray coats brown sugar, charred pineapple, cinnamon, and more as Glen Scotia embraces the past (rum casks were on sale in Campbeltown as early as 1815, told you there was history behind this) by taking its already delicious bourbon barrel matured single malt and finishing it in first-fill Guyanese Demerara rum barrels. Double the cask, double the flavour. Maturing is very important for a good brandy, which is typically aged in oak casks. The wood used for those barrels is selected because of its ability to transfer certain aromas to the spirit. Cognac is aged only in oak casks made from wood from the Forest of Tronçais and more often from the Limousin forests.

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A barrel [1] or cask [2] is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, usually alcoholic beverages; [3] a small barrel or cask is known as a keg. [4]

Tullamore DEW XO Rum Cask Finnish. #tullamore, #tullamoredew, #tullamoredewirishwhiskey, #whiskey, #irishwhiskey, #tullamorexo, #tullamoredewxo, #tullamorerumcask, #izzipub, #izzipubbratislava, #theizzipub, #olympus, #olympusm1x, #olympus45mmf12 Rum is made by fermenting molasses or sugarcane juice, and then distilling with column or pot stills into a high-proof spirit. This distillate is often aged in barrels for a period of time, frequently American oak ex-bourbon casks, to add flavor and color to the spirit. It’s cut with water before bottling unless it’s bottled at cask strength.

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This is probably the most famous example of a rum cask-finished whisky, an increasingly popular choice for brands and distilleries who want to add a delicious dose of flavour from a source with historical precedent. You all know the classic from one of Speyside’s standouts, so we thought we’d showcase some other whiskies that have benefitted from a rum-soaked secondary maturation. Lew Bryson (22 December 2008). "Seen Through a Glass". lewbryson.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. ASIL Insight: WTO Protections for Food Geographic Indications". Archived from the original on 14 August 2007 . Retrieved 2007-08-25.

The tun was originally 256 gallons, which explains from where the quarter, 8 bushels or 64 (wine) gallons, comes. Modern wooden barrels for wine-making are made of French common oak ( Quercus robur), white oak ( Quercus petraea), American white oak ( Quercus alba), more exotic is Mizunara Oak [5] all typically have standard sizes: Recently Oregon Oak ( Quercus Garryana) has been used. [6] Earlier, another size of whiskey barrel was the most common size; this was the 40 US gallons (33.3impgal; 151.4L) barrel for proof spirits, which was of the same volume as five US bushels. However, by 1866, the oil barrel was standardized at 42 US gallons.Goldener Herbst & SLYRS Bavarian Single Malt: eine perfekte Symbiose! #autumnleaves #weloveslyrs #slyrs #bavarianalps #slyrscaffeelunchery #singlemaltwhisky #indiansummer