Everything you need to know about casks
Over the years we’ve published a wide array of articles on casks, what they are, how they affect spirits and how they’re made.
To celebrate the theme of 2019’s Whisky Show, The Journey of the Cask, we’ve created this hub so you can quickly find a topic that interests you – and we’ll be adding ever more..
If you’re not sure where to start, however, check out our glossary of cask terms or take our highly academic quiz on the immortal question: what kind of cask are you?
Aspects of the cask
| History | Sizes |
|---|---|
| How they’re made | Wood varieties |
whisky casks
| How does whisky age? | What is a finish? |
|---|---|
| Types of whisky cask | Glossary of cask terms |
| Sherry Cask series: Part 1 | Sherry Cask series: Part 2 |
| Sherry Cask series: Part 3 | Sherry Cask series: Part 4 |
TWE Latest Arrivals
A rather fetching half-bottle-size decanter from Whyte & Mackay. Modelled after the Osprey, this is part of their Royal...
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Recent Comments
The ballot is open to everyone, but if we can't ship to you, then you'll need to sort out collection/otherwise getting the bottle. We can't ship to Canada, so if you won you'd have to do some...
Posted on: 16 September 2019
Are there any places that don't qualify for Ardbeg 1976 contest? I clicked on the shipping list for countries and I'm not seeing Canada on there. Are Canadians eligible?
Posted on: 16 September 2019
Thatnks Juergen – I've updated the page to make things a bit more precise. Strangely, schnapps seems to now be a fairly common English word that means about the same as Obstler :)
Posted on: 13 September 2019