Ever wondered why charring whisky barrels is a critical step in the aging process?

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What’s the difference between charred and toasted whisky barrels?

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The ancient origins of barrels and their modern day impact on the American wine industry and consumer tastes. Re caparoso.substack.com/p/oak-barrel...

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En Mary Berry visits the Midleton Distillery in #Cork.

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Glasgow, Scotland-based documentary, editorial and portrait photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert Scotland-based photographer photographs behind the scenes, with the coopers who look after the valuable whisky casks and barrels in the cooperage at Loch Lomond Whisky group, Alexandria, Scotland.

Cask strength workers! - Photographing the fast moving, highly skilled craftsmen coopers at Loch Lomond Whiskies. Fire, steam, wood, hammering, charring. Great. www.jeremysuttonhibbert.com/glasgow-base... #whisky #whiskyindustry #coopers #cooperage #Scotland #photography #photographer

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Even more impressive was a visit to the Jim Beam Institute, a unique, world-class center for the study of distilled spirits, white #oak #cooperage and other issues of concerns for the #bourbon distillers of #Kentucky.