Does Scotch age once it is bottled and on the shelf or is it aged before bottling by the manufacturer .?!
Answers: I always thought that scotch and whiskey still aged once in the glass bottle but I was told that was incorrect. I was told that it is aged in barrels or distillery then bottled depending on the what they have done the age depends on how long they have kept it fermenting then they bottle it.
Scotch does not age in bottle (nor does any other spirit).
Scotch whisky is aged in wooden barrel. When it is considered to be aged enough it is put in bottle. It doesn't age any more.
Many Scotch's say on the bottle how old they were when bottled, 8 years, 12 years etc.
If you have a bottle that says 8 years old on the label and then you keep it for 4 years before opening it will not be a 12 year old whisky and it will not taste the same as one that says it is 12 years old.
It's the charred oak of the barrel that gives Scotch the golden color and ages it.
That is correct... The years it ages is before it is bottled,
They are aged in a barrel. No more aging once it's in the bottle.
No further aging in bottle.