Scotch & Sherry: A Flavour Odyssey | Feature Documentary

[@dancoburn314]

What a great wee video! You've set your bar high with this one, chaps...

[@spykerf1545]

I know this must have cost a fortune to produce, but absolutely fantastic video! One of the best SMWS videos. Cheers!

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

Thanks, when you look at the number of people involved it's not exactly a Netflix production - but hopefully gets a good story across about sherry cask-matured whisky and what the SMWS is offering our members.

[@parttimedrummer2023]

Very nice insights, thanks for that - and, hey, nice Opeth shirt... ;-)

[@juancarlosarias6550]

A fantastic journey filled with aromas from Galicia to Jerez to Scotland. Wonderful video, thanks for sharing it.

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

Gracias Juan Carlos! It was a pleasure to be able to travel across Spain and dig into the fascinating world of sherry casks and the wine that goes into them before we use them to mature our whisky.

[@PatrikBruckner]

Richard and Euan! What a treat! Really informative and entertaining, thanks a lot!

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

Thanks Patrik, great to be able to delve into all the different areas of the sherry story!

[@WhiskyToasts]

Thank you for giving us such a detailed insight :)! Keep up the good work!

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it...hope we're able to bring you more in depth whisky knowledge like this in the future via The Scotch Malt Whisky Society...

[@DanielEbner-jk7tw]

Loving this!

[@Dan-hn1lx]

Makes you appreciate the sherry bomb drams and sherry types in general really cool informative video. Slainte

[@davidc6863]

Amazing video! Thank you!

[@Akerfeldt77]

Planning, researching, and shooting this video...what a job to have. Cheers, lads. It must have been fun.

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

It's a hard job etc etc...!

[@richardagnew4959]

Fellas, I hope you left that bottle wi' Narsico! 😉. What a wee tour that was. Fantastic stuff and extremely interesting. Where's next then?

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

Absolutely, Narciso got to keep the bottle! Thanks for the feedback - and good question about where to next. Any suggestions?

[@richardagnew4959]

@@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK as the Society is bottling other kinds of whiskey outwith Scotch / Irish, what about a wee trip to Kentucky? ;)

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

@@richardagnew4959 Tremendous idea Richard! So much to explore from the world of ex-bourbon casks...watch this space...

[@Whisky_Total]

SMWS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥃🥃

[@ADSCP]

One thing is not mentioned in the docummentary is that the wine that’s bottled is not the same that’s used to season, wich is in fact discharged to produce vinegar or brandy. Also the sherry industry only survives thanks to the whisky industry. Without it, many bodegas would have already closed, since sherry consumption has declined a lot in the last decades. I now see a mass production of those seasoned casks, made of new oak and filled with lower quality wine that doesn’t meet the standards to be bottled. People should become more aware of what a sherried whisky is nowadays, since whisky prices don’t stop growing.

[@deccyboi4218]

Great vid. Can someone explain what is the difference in terms of flavour between seasoned casks and real old solera casks. Also does SMWS only do finishes in sherry casks?

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

Good question! Ex-solera bodega casks will have contained sherry for long than the specially created seasoned casks, so will generally be less active and the influence on the whisky will be gentler, with less impact from tannins and other wood-derived flavour compounds. Seasoned casks are more active, impart more tannins and those wood-derived flavour compounds - and are also much more consistent in terms of quality. The SMWS works with a wide variety of sherry cask types, and also offers additionally matured whisky from a range of other wine casks - red wine, port and other fortified wines. Look out for more coming members' way!

[@ADSCP]

@@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUKthe wine used to season has less quality and is discharged to do vinegar

[@charliefoxtrot7219]

Great film. In the Pacific Northwest of the US. We say it takes one year per inch for newly cut lumber to dry for use as lumber. Approx 11 %. Spain is a lot hotter and dryer, than here, so the time can be faster. I had to laugh at the man at the Sherry house wearing a Dead Kennedy's concert t-shirt. What does a new barrel cost SMWS?

[@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK]

Inside info! Glad you enjoyed the documentary...and yes, we fully endorse the wearing of Dead Kennedys t-shirts...

[@charliefoxtrot7219]

@@TheScotchMaltWhiskySocietyUK Thanks again for your reply. I approve of the DK concert shirt also. My Scotch and Malt Whiskey journey is taking me down the cask/barrel learning road. I've found a bourbon cask maker over here who talks a bit about different levels of char and flavor. I'm going to ask him about pricing.

[@Aircraftsystemst]

Why aren’t these beautiful trees protected from the ivy!🤷‍♂️ Ivy kills and chokes trees.

[@DanielEbner-jk7tw]

Ivy is native to Europe, who are we to say whether the ivy or the tree should live or die...well I guess we decide to cut the trees down for casks...which in turn kills the ivy...wait are we the baddies??

[@Aircraftsystemst]

@@DanielEbner-jk7twI know my uncle in Ireland always cuts the Ivy off his trees at home. He has a good 80 acres of land. It may come down to laziness that this Ivy is not cut! Very important to mind the health of your trees especially oak!

[@Asmrmother15]

Intro is way too long, see ya