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Port Charlotte distillery (also known as Rhins distillery and Lochindaal distillery) is a inactive Islay single malt Scotch whisky distillery on the island of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland. The distillery is based in the village of Port Charlotte 3 kilometres (2 miles) southwest from the Bruichladdich distillery. [1] [2]
All the distillery's whiskies are sold as single malts, with those designated Bruichladdich being unpeated, those designated Port Charlotte being heavily peated and those designated Octomore being super-heavily peated. Octomore is considered to be 'the most heavily peated single malt whisky in the world'.
A barrel-aged beer is a beer that has been aged for a period of time in a wooden barrel. Typically, these barrels once housed bourbon, whisky, wine, or, to a lesser extent, brandy, sherry, or port. [1] [2] There is a particular tradition of barrel ageing beer in Belgium, notably of lambic beers. [3]
Port Charlotte (Scottish Gaelic: Port Sgioba) is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was founded in 1828. In 1991 it had a population of 350. [1] On 24 September 1828 the foundation stone of the pier was laid at a fete attended by 4,000 of Walter Frederick Campbell's tenants. [2]
Laws in several jurisdictions require that whiskey be aged in wooden barrels. The law in the United States requires that "straight whiskey" (with the exception of corn whiskey) must be stored for at least two years in new, charred oak containers. [18] Other forms of whiskey aged in used barrels cannot be called "straight". [18]
These single-barrel variants afford the opportunity for the consumer to see the influence of different types of storage on the same whisky (e.g., first-use bourbon whiskey barrels, port pipes, etc.). The more common form of single malt is a marrying at the bottling time of various batches that are mixed or vatted to achieve consistent flavours ...
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