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社酒風味與樣本無明顯差異,但顏色變化卻和一般認知不同
(兩圖左邊是裝瓶後成品,右邊是4個月前代理商拿來的樣本)。

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P.S:
(1)關於社酒顏色較選酒樣本淺這件事裝瓶廠的回覆:
It’s certainly unusual for the colour of the finished bottled product to be lighter than the sample provided.

One possible explanation is that some colour was unintentionally removed during the bottling process.

Once the whisky is removed from cask it contains lots of unwanted materials like cask char, wooden splinters etc.

To remove these items the whisky passes through a number of filters (perhaps 3 or 4) of different micron levels to ensure any detritus does not make its way into the bottle.

Sometimes this can affect the colour of the whisky slightly depending on what is removed and what whisky perhaps passed through the filter in a previous operation. Hopefully this goes some way to explaining the colour difference and that your customer is still happy with the taste profile of this Glenrothes.

裝瓶顏色比提供的樣品淺，這的確是一個不尋常的現象。

唯一可能的解釋是，有些顏色可能在裝瓶前過濾的途中一同被帶走了。

當威士忌從桶中取出來時，會伴隨許多我們不想要的物質，為了確保這些物質不會進入瓶中，會經過微米級別的過濾程序(等級3或4)。

有時候根據過濾掉的東西與使用的過濾器種類可能會稍微影響到威士忌的顏色。
希望這能稍微解釋顏色的變化，並希望你們的客人對於這桶Glenrothes整體依然感到滿意。

(2)關於社酒最後裝出396瓶;396X700/1000=277.2(公升)
遠大於一個常識中我們認知的Hogshead,裝瓶廠的解釋如下:

Yes this was indeed a sherry hogshead cask. Cask # 6104.

It’s a bigger than average yield and we originally estimated 360 bottles but got a bit more.

Sometimes there can be slight variations in the sizes of hogsheads.

We expect them to contain 250 bulk litres but it would appear that this was perhaps a little bit larger.

This may be something to do with the fact it was a sherry hogshead and not a regular one built from ex bourbon staves.

This Glenrothes is also a young malt and it would appear the evaporation losses weren’t quite a high as we estimated. Again this can happen as it’s not an exact science.

是的，這確實是一桶雪莉的豬頭桶，他比我們平均見到的尺寸都還要巨大。

我們本來預期會在360瓶左右，但實際卻獲得更多的數量。

有時候，豬頭桶的尺寸會有輕微的變化，我們原本預計的容量約在250 bulk litres，但他的容量看來似乎更大了一些。

事實上這可能是一桶使用雪莉酒桶製作的豬頭桶，而不是常規使用波本桶木條為基礎的。

這桶 Glenrothes同時也是桶年輕的酒款，我們認為他的蒸發損失不太高。再一次，這是有可能發生的，因為這並不是一個確切的科學。