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Posted: 19 August 2005 at 1:13am |
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Does all Scotch whiskeys taste better with age, or are there certain types?
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Posted: 19 August 2005 at 1:36am |
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Right, what I'm about to say comes from socializing around drinking places, and since I'm a 100% non-alchool drinker, some of it may not be acurate.
The older the whiskey, the dearer it gets, so one could assume it tastes better.
Types? Dry, Malt and on the rock are common ;)
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Posted: 19 August 2005 at 1:42am |
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Does it have to age in the barrel, or can it in the bottle?
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Posted: 19 August 2005 at 1:50am |
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I think it can age anywhere that acts as a container, however, aging on the barrel, gives the whiskey better taste like properties, also what sort of environment the barrel is kept in are important factors.
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Posted: 19 August 2005 at 3:18am |
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Aging in the barrel imparts the flavors of the oak to the whiskey. Some
whiskeys are aged in charred barrels. There's also whiskeys that are
aged in barrels that were used once before.
Wine picks up flavor from the barrel as well but will continue to age
in the bottle. At some point it turns to vinegar but for good wines
that can take centuries. Keeping it still and in the proper environment
prolongs the life. Whiskey in a bottle is always whiskey. It doesn't
noticeably age in the bottle or deteriorate.
My daddy told me to never trust a scotch drinker. Scotch is an acquired
taste any anyone who pretends to like the stuff long enough to acquire
the taste is probably pretending about other things as well.
True scotch on the rocks drinkers are almost as pretentious as wine
drinkers. They don't want the ice tossed out and replaced when they get
a refill. The theory is that the ice was "aged" by the scotch and
acquired some of the flavor. The bartender can add more ice to it with
the next drink, but should always keep the old ice in the glass.
Edited by dpyers - 19 August 2005 at 3:24am
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Posted: 20 August 2005 at 5:44am |
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Thanks for the information. I'm new to whiskey drinking really,
but am starting on Scotch, the reason is I visit Scotland a lot and
just buy it from the distillerys when I visit them!
What do you mean by aquiring a taste for it? You either like it or you don't right?
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Posted: 20 August 2005 at 8:58am |
gulli stick to ur beer and find better things to do in life than the damn whiskey.. it will make u lose ur whiskers 
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Posted: 20 August 2005 at 2:32pm |
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Scotch has an after taste that you don'e get in a lot of other
whiskeys. Most newbies don't initially like the after taste and find it
takes a while to get used to it.
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