The Angels Share

[PDSAjax]

So I was watching a show this evening that gava a frightening statistic...

As you may, or may not, know, as a barrel of distilled spirits ages, a portion of the volume is lost to evaporation. This is known as The Angels Share.

My question to you...

In an average year, in all the distilleries in Scotland.. how many bottles of whiskey are lost to the Angels (and if that is what makes the damn stuff so good the angels are welcome to their share).

I will reveal the answer in 24 hours.....

 

[blackrock13]

So I was watching a show this evening that gava a frightening statistic...

As you may, or may not, know, as a barrel of distilled spirits ages, a portion of the volume is lost to evaporation. This is known as The Angels Share.

My question to you...

In an average year, in all the distilleries in Scotland.. how many bottles of whiskey are lost to the Angels (and if that is what makes the damn stuff so good the angels are welcome to their share).

I will reveal the answer in 24 hours.....

I've seen a couple of serious bottles of scotch, cork on although previously enjoyed, lose 3/4 of the bottle. Shocked the hell out of me. i've even seen someone else's souvenir ceramic bottle of Caribbean rum go dry. She cried.

The longest I'll keep and bottle of good opened spirits is 10 years, but keep an eye on it, just in case the 'angels' are snooping around.

After a good many tours of a good many distilleries in the olde country, I'll say 10% of the 7.5 million gallons produced in a year and in the 24 million gallons stored for good will and emergencies.

 

[PDSAjax]

Good guess Blackrock13,at 3.15 million gallons - based on a straight 10% of each prduction and stored (well actually you got the first number right), but not even close in magnitude.

Lets put some figures to this...

Assuming a bottle=750ml or 0.198 Gallons...

Its a scary figure


Any advances???

 

[OddSox]

Um, if they can drink it faster than I, they are welcome to it. And my liver (as well as my wallet) thanks them ...

 

[TheDr]

Ivoted 100 million, though it seems a little low. But 1 billoon is waaaaay too high

 

[Cycleguy007]

Are "Angels" another word for teenagers?

Perhaps it is not a case of "evaporating" but of the teenagers in the house raiding the liquor cabinet!

 

[PDSAjax]

If only Cycleguy.... I am referring to the loss to evaporation from barrels of whiskey laid down to mature....


In Scotland... In a Year,,,,

160 Million bottles.....based on a 750ml bottle.....

12 million litres
or, 31,760,646 US Gallons...

May explain something about the Scot......

 

[blackrock13]

If only Cycleguy.... I am referring to the loss to evaporation from barrels of whiskey laid down to mature....


In Scotland... In a Year,,,,

160 Million bottles.....based on a 750ml bottle.....

12 million litres
or, 31,760,646 US Gallons...

May explain something about the Scot......

Gee, I did say 7.5 +24 or 31.5, but I was thinking imperial, so closer to 40.

 

[PDSAjax]

Gee, I did say 7.5 +24 or 31.5, but I was thinking imperial, so closer to 40.

Close enough for government work.....

 

[nolabel]

as a barrel of distilled spirits ages, a portion of the volume is lost to evaporation. This is known as The Angels Share.

In an average year, in all the distilleries in Scotland.. how many bottles of whiskey are lost to the Angels (and if that is what makes the damn stuff so good the angels are welcome to their share).

As was demonstrated with Whisky-like clarity in the global warming and sea level rising threads, ANY change in volume of ANY liquid or gas is simply a natural cycle. Thus, the correct answer is that NO bottles are lost at all. Each portion of volume change just circulates back around to some thirsty mouth somewhere, human or angel. My theory predicts that, for whatever volume is produced and/or temporarily misplaced (as it circulates to a new mouth), entities (human or angel) will still get drunk. The more drunk people observed, in the vicinity of Whisky, the more right I am. Go forth and test.

 

[Cycleguy007]

I prefer to "evaporate" my own whiskey TYVM! LOL!

 

[blackrock13]

Close enough for government work.....

Let quash that rumour one more time. I don't work in the government. No way no how, Uhuh, nadda, niet,

 

[blackrock13]

As was demonstrated with Whisky-like clarity in the global warming and sea level rising threads, ANY change in volume of ANY liquid or gas is simply a natural cycle. Thus, the correct answer is that NO bottles are lost at all. Each portion of volume change just circulates back around to some thirsty mouth somewhere, human or angel. My theory predicts that, for whatever volume is produced and/or temporarily misplaced (as it circulates to a new mouth), entities (human or angel) will still get drunk. The more drunk people observed, in the vicinity of Whisky, the more right I am. Go forth and test.

So walking around the street/park looking up to the sky with your mouth open is just an attempt to recover the lost vapours of you favourite bevvy. Niiice, but will the cops buy it?