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    PROOF OF ENTRY

    Mar 27, 2021 5 minutes
    WORDS IAN WISNIEWSKI

    When tasting a malt whisky, two focal points are the alcoholic strength chosen for bottling, and the influence of the cask type used for ageing, as both influence the overall flavour profile and how those characteristics are experienced by the drinker. An earlier step on each whisky’s journey which also combines both of these aspects is the filling strength: that is to say, the alcoholic strength of new-make spirit when filled into a cask.

    The normal filling strength in the Scotch whisky industry is 63.5% ABV (alcohol by volume), a standard which enables companies to easily trade casks of the same age and volume ‘like for like’ as, when dealing in new spirit, alcoholic concentration is intrinsically linked to value. The capacity to ‘swap’ with

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