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Maturation
After the spirit has been distilled it is placed in oak barrels. Oak as
a hardwood has the ideal porosity allowing the spirit to breath. As it
breathes through the wood it escapes (approx 2% per year) into the atmosphere of
the warehouse where it further escapes into the community through traditional
dirt floors. In return, the escaping spirit attracts characteristics from
the community. The Glenora Distillery and its warehouses are located
brookside in a glen amongst an apple orchard and surrounded by stands of maple,
pine, spruce, and cedar trees. The influences in varying degrees is
absorbed into the warehouse and finally into the oak barrel containing the
spirit.
Each year not only does whisky mature, the warehouse matures as well pulling
in more and more of the communities character. Until the warehouse
maturation peaks, each year can provide an exciting variable in the final
expression of the whisky. During the first year of production (1990)
there were only 20 casks laid down to mature. Although some of this
product was used in earlier bottlings there are still a few casks remaining.
It is always a treat to sample their progress.
Own
your own Cask of Single Malt Whisky
Come for a visit, taste and select a
cask of spirit to call your own. You will be given the choice in a new
make cask (new unaged spirit) or one already steeped in Glenora history.
Contact
us for details.
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