Are scotch really aged for 15 years?!
It seem like a huge investment for manufactures to produce so much scotch and needing to protect it for 15 years before seeing income from sales.
Answers: When a scotch is labeled aged 15 years, is it really aged for 15 years in a barrel? or is it store somewhere in a enviroment constructed to simulate 15 years of aging?
It seem like a huge investment for manufactures to produce so much scotch and needing to protect it for 15 years before seeing income from sales.
Yes, it really is aged for 15 years. You are also right in that it's a huge investment to keep a barrel full of whisky for that long. Don't forget, the 15 year old whiskies are not the only thing a distillery will make or sell. To be called "Scotch" it has to be a minimum of 3 years old, so in reality, only a fraction is actually held back to age for the full 15 (or however many) years. Other spirits may be sold earlier for various purposes other than for going into whisky...it all depends on the demand and the market.
It means it was aged in the barrel for 15 years before bottling.
No they are actually aged that long and believe me you can tell the difference between 5 year aged and 30 year aged.
yeah really was aged, thats why the more aged it is the better it tastes and the more expensive it is....JOhnny walker blue label lol
If it's real scotch, it can only be called scotch whisky, not whiskEy (yes that is the correct spelling of real scotch), if it comes from Scotland. My favorite lately is Glenfidditch. They have 12 yr. 15, and 20 and 30 year old Scotch. I can't afford the 30 year old Scotch but the 15 and 20 is absoulutely fantastic. Smooth, with no nasty bite or bitter after taste at all. It's even kind of sweet and fruity tasting. Try it out, I am sure you'll like it.
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When age is declared on a label, it must refer to the youngest whisky in the blend. For example, if a blend is described as being a twelve-year-old, the youngest whisky in the blend must have been matured for at least twelve years.
The Scotch Whisky Act 1988 and The Scotch Whisky Order 1990 define Scotch Whisky in UK law. Under the legislation, Scotch Whisky means whisky:
(a) which has been produced at a distillery in Scotland from water and malted barley (to which only whole grains of other cereals may be added) all of which have been:
(i) processed at that distillery into a mash;
(ii) converted to a fermentable substrate only by endogenous enzyme systems; and
(iii) fermented only by the addition of yeast;
(b) which has been distilled at an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 94.8% so that the distillate has an aroma and taste derived from the raw materials used in, and the method of, its production;
(c) which has been matured in an excise warehouse in Scotland in oak casks of a capacity not exceeding 700 litres, the period of that maturation being not less than three years;
(d) which retains the colour, aroma and taste derived from the raw materials used in, and the method of, its production and maturation, and to which no substance other than water and spirit caramel has been added.