Earlier this week, the local Spanish newspaper Diario de Jerez published an article about the sherry casks used in the whisky industry .
It’s clear that the sherry industry, in this case the governing body called the Consejo Regulador , realizes that their casks help to give some whiskies more prestige and help to support the current boom of whisky and brands like Macallan. Distilleries are trying to maximize this profit and are sometimes stretching the boundaries, trying to avoid the very high price of an authentic sherry cask.
What is a sherry cask anyway? In general sherry casks are specially...
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