View Full Version : General Scotch Question  11-14-2007, 15:07
What was Scotch originally stored in? If used Bourbon barrels
are now the industry standard, what was it before that and does
anyone still do it that way?  11-14-2007, 15:27 They have trees
in Scotland. They also have used barrels from France, Spain and
other places on the continent. Everything that has been done
still is done, but used bourbon barrels are the cheapest source
of quality wood, so that's what is used most commonly.
11-14-2007, 16:10 They have trees in Scotland? ;)  Let me
clarify. Was Scotch originally stored in new barrels at some
point or has it always been whatever was readily available and
eventually settling on the method they use now?  11-14-2007,
23:46 Go back to the first point. They have trees in Scotland.
Long ago, when everything was a lot more local, they would have
made barrels from local wood. Those barrels, by definition,
would have been new once. They then reused those barrels many
times, literally until they fell