Irish whiskey, written by Carl McDermott
The art of Whiskey Bonding, What is it? What whiskey bonding is, where it came from, and what the term does and doesn’t guarantee. What is whiskey bonding? No, this is not the time you spend with your whiskey while drinking it. Although it might be bonding for you, I don’t think the liquid feels…
How Whiskey is matured, basically. Here are the legal restraints over maturation for bourbon, Irish and Scotch, and then the influences a cask can have on a whiskey through maturation and ‘finishing’. Bourbon: – Aged in new charred oak containers – Made in the United States – Barreled at no higher than 125 proof/62.5% ABV…
How Irish Whiskey is made, basically. Irish whiskey can be dated back as far as 1405, about 90 years before the first recorded Scotch (1494). It used to be a highly coveted commodity, with over 200 licensed distilleries back in 1790. Then came a big downturn at the turn of the 20th century: Ireland’s struggle…