| Note |
Unlike the other great 'Whisky Barons' he never acquired a big butt. J.P. Wiser refused to age his whisky in 110 gallon 'butts'. "A barrel of that enormity," he said, "bequeaths absolutely nothing to its contents". Thus, all the whisky J.P. produced would acquire its unique smoky flavour and uncommonly mellow body in a small 55 gallon cask. The way J.P. saw it, the closer the wood was to the whisky, the closer the whisky would be to perfection. These days very little has changed. In fact, every last drop of whisky bearing the Wiser's De Luxe name still spends a minimum 10 long years ripening in charred oak casks, just as J.P. specified. When it came to making the very best whisky, he was Wiser. HE WAS WISER. |
