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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by breischl on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:04PM (#21366178)
True... although a barrel is significantly larger than a bottle. Rough napkin math, around 250 bottles per barrel.
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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by padraic7a on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:43PM (#21366426)
You need to factor in evaporation. The longer the whiskey is in the barrel the more that evaporates (the "angel's share").
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Re:Telling Whiskey from Whisky by tptacek on Saturday October 26, 2019 @06:57PM (#21366801)
As I understand it: if you buy a barrel, you're going to get 180-200 bottles. But remember also that whiskey is almost always diluted when it's bottled; the cask strength will be 50-60, and the bottle will be 40-50.
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