Distilleries program

[Jerry]

I'm watching a program on the History Channel about distilleries. They spent quite a bit of time on Scottish distilleries and the making of Single Malt. There was a shot at some sort of convention with a large crowd of kilted folks.

One of the interesting things I discovered for all you single malt fans, is Laphroaig and others use old Kentucky Bourbon barrels.

According to the lecturers at the Scotch tasting venue at the Richmond games, it goes much further than that. They buy them from the bourbon distillers, break them down and ship them to Spain, where the Spaniards re-assemble the barrels, and pay rent to the Scots for using the barrels to store wine for several years before they are broken down again and sent on to the Scottish single malt distilleries. The Scots make enough by renting the barrels to the Spaniards to pay for the barrels and the shipping. Leave it to the Scots to figure a way to get the barrels for free.