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new to whisky, does sherry just mean it smells like fruit and peat means it smells like smoke?

>> No.20422391

sherry is a wine

>> No.20422399

>>20422246
Pretty much. Sherry is a fortified wine that mostly tastes like raisin. Peat is what's burned to smoke the malts for scotch.

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>>20422246
>peat means it smells like smoke?
No, peat is a flavor/smell, but I wouldn't describe it as "smoke"

"smoke" flavor is generally gotten from toasted/charred casks (pic related)

>> No.20422410

>>20422246
yes, it tastes like cherries.

>> No.20423057

>>20422246
Read this article about cask types, including sherry. The short of it is that sherry notes come from using a cask previously used to age sherry.
https://www.marklittler.com/whisky-101-everything-you-need-to-know-about-whisky-casks/

>>20422406
While there is also an iodine aspect to peated whiskies, I haven't personally encountered one with just that and no smoke.

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20423090

Hey there, so you're new to the world of whisky, huh? Let me break it down for you in a simple way. When you hear "sherry," it usually means the whisky has a fruity aroma, like raisins or plums. And "peat" refers to a smoky flavor that comes from burning peat, a type of soil found in Scotland.

>> No.20423109

>>20423057
Yes, but you can get smoke WITHOUT the peat is my point.

Peat DOES come with smoke, i won't deny, but peat in and of itself is not JUST smoke. It's a complex mix of smoke/iodine/antiseptic and usually mixed with some sea salt tang on it.

>> No.20423142

>>20422246
> new to whisky
did you mean "whinsky"?

>> No.20423155

>>20423090
It's mostly sphagnum moss

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20423191

First lesson:

Learn the alcohol dichotomy.

Whiskey/Beer=Grain-based
Brandy/Wine=Fruit-based
Beer/Wine=Non-distilled
Whiskey/Brand=Distilled (aka, liquor)

These are general rules, though, and there's exceptions for everything. But they make a nice punnett square for whether they're fruit/grain or distilled/non-distilled.
When distilled, it's called "liquor", which raises the ABV% and includes both whiskey and brandy. This also includes rum and vodka which are usually sugar or vegetable based, but we'll leave that out of the discussion for now.

To return to your main question, "Sherry" not a whiskey (since it's fruit based), but instead fortified wine. "Fortified" means that it has liquor mixed into it, usually brandy. So sherry is essentially "wine mixed with distilled wine".
It smells like fruit, because that's what it's made of.

>> No.20423217

>>20423191
Disregard, I just realized I misread the question.
I am dumb.

>> No.20423244

>>20423142
So I meant Whimzki