Whyte & Mackay

It's OK, it would be so much better with a sherry cask finish. ;-)

Gladys.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've had it and liked it, although that was many years ago.

Quite common in Canada, actually. Just a pedestrian blend, coloured with caramel and undoubtedly chill-filtered to within an inch of its life. I doubt it would be of interest to a purist.

bill

Most whiskies are coloured with caramel actually. And most are chill-filtered.

Uzytkownik "Marvin" napisal:

Are they really? From this post and from your other posts I gather you're quite an expert yourself. Tell us, please, how did you get to reach this enviable level of expertise? Also, I'm still waiting for your answer to the question posed in some other thread - what are your favourite whiskies matured in new wood, uncontaminated with any foreign flavours, something that is 100% Scotch according to your standards...

Cheers, Rajmund

Yes, I work for a bottling company.

Uzytkownik "Marvin" napisal:

Oh, come on, you must be pulling my leg. I heard some whiskies are, but _most_ of them? That cannot be true, and is definitely against the notion of Scotch whisky. Surely they didn't use caramel or chill-filter in the good old days of making whisky?

Cheers, Rajmund

I'm afraid caramel is allowed in scotch whisky. It is the only additive allowed apparently, for colouring purposes. Some do not use it but most do. I believe Highland Park are going to stop using it.

It always cracks me up when I read whisky reviews and they describe the lovely colour etc, 9 times out of 10 the colour will have been engineered with caramel.

Uzytkownik "Marvin" napisal:

Isn't it heresy? And how it must influence the flavours! Have you got, by any chance, a list of those coloured and non-coloured whiskies for quick reference? I swear I will not taste a drop of any stuff that I know has been contaminated with that hideous caramel... By the way, what exactly do you bottle in that bottling company you work for?

Cheers, Rajmund

Uzytkownik "Marvin" napisal:

Right now I am enjoying a dram of Dailuaine 1973 22yo Rare Malts 61.8% vol. Do you have any ide if it has been coloured or not? It has a lovely colour, but if it's been "engineered with caramel", I think I'll simply pour down the sink...

Cheers, Rajmund

I'm starting to think Tizer.

Jim

Well no it isnt heresy because it is allowed in the rules. I disagree with it myself too but there you go. We bottle a few single malts and quite a few different blends. I'll check to see which ones we bottle have caramel added. Most blends do, and as I said I know Highland Park used to (we dont bottle Highland Park btw).

No idea, sorry. Dont waste it, if you like the taste.

Yuck, foul stuff.

Check the Wikipedia definition of Scotch Whisky:

In the "Legal Definition" section, number 4 mentions caramel.

Uzytkownik "Marvin" napisal:

I guess I won't. I like it too much. Although, on second thoughts, the flavours in it suggest it may have been - at least partially - matured in a sherry cask. What do I do now?

Cheers, Rajmund

Uzytkownik "Marvin" napisal:

Eureka! why didn't I think of Wikipedia for the indepth knowledge about Scotch whisky...?

Cheers, Rajmund

Wikipedia is actually fairly accurate, and it is correct on this issue. Show me evidence to the contrary and I'll concede.