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Whisky & Industry

Blood-Tub

Modern equivalent

35 Litres (Cask)

The smallest traditional cask in the cooperage, historically favoured for small experimental whisky ageing batches.

Due to its miniature volume, a blood-tub offers an extremely high wood-to-liquid ratio. This accelerates the interaction between the spirit and the oak char, allowing experimental batches or new distillates to mature and pick up flavours remarkably fast compared to standard-sized barrels.

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