Quarter Cask
Origen
Various
Tamaño
50L
Contenidos Anteriores
Various spirits (bourbon, sherry, or wine), but crucially the quarter cask format is far smaller at 50L, meaning the spirit has dramatically more contact with the wood surface per unit volume.
Maduración Típica
1-5
Aportación de Sabor
Intensified wood influence — amplified vanilla, spice, and oak character from any previous contents. Rapid flavor development.
Acerca de
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.