Word: whiteoaks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...solid whiteoak timber...
Scotch is aged in used barrels, which improve flavor and prevent undue evaporation. Best for the job are sherry-soaked, whiteoak barrels from Spain. Second best and far behind are used 50-gallon bourbon barrels from the U.S., in which most Scotch is matured. Because of rapidly rising Scotch demand and production, used bourbon barrels are becoming scarce, and have doubled in price over the past 18 months to $28 per cask...