Quarter Cask
الأصل
Various
الحجم
50L
محتويات سابقة
Various (bourbon, sherry, or wine)
النضج النموذجي
1-5
مساهمة النكهة
Intensified wood influence — amplified vanilla, spice, and oak character from any previous contents. Rapid flavor development.
حول
A small cask approximately one quarter the size of a standard barrel. The dramatically increased surface-area-to-volume ratio accelerates maturation, producing in a few years what might take a decade in a standard barrel. Historically used for transporting whisky by packhorse. Laphroaig popularized the modern quarter cask with their namesake expression. The small size means very intense wood interaction.