http://www.mcgees.org/2006/05/30/whisky-solera/ Website of Joshua McGee Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.mcgees.org/2006/05/30/whisky-solera/#comment-197 mcgees.org » Blog Archive » Whisky solera, continued Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:41:14 +0000 http://www.mcgees.org/2006/05/30/whisky-solera/#comment-197 [...] My pours haven’t been precise up to this point in my unpeated living bottle.  The figures I gave last time about the relative volumes of the constituent whiskies were close but not perfect.  They summed to 175 mL (but I did not measure it) before I poured off a tasting sample.  My sample was probably about 25 ml, then I found another bottle to add (allegedly) 50 mL of to it, then poured off two tasting samples on two nights.  Now I’ve measured the volume, and it’s, as far as I can tell, exactly 200 mL.  I’ve made a measurement error.  Assuming my errors were constant up until now (a significant assumption, but reasonable since I’ve been doing the same equipment), I’ve been off by about 25% in my pours.  But I have calibrated my equipment now, and now we can begin newly calibrated. [...] [...] My pours haven’t been precise up to this point in my unpeated living bottle.  The figures I gave last time about the relative volumes of the constituent whiskies were close but not perfect.  They summed to 175 mL (but I did not measure it) before I poured off a tasting sample.  My sample was probably about 25 ml, then I found another bottle to add (allegedly) 50 mL of to it, then poured off two tasting samples on two nights.  Now I’ve measured the volume, and it’s, as far as I can tell, exactly 200 mL.  I’ve made a measurement error.  Assuming my errors were constant up until now (a significant assumption, but reasonable since I’ve been doing the same equipment), I’ve been off by about 25% in my pours.  But I have calibrated my equipment now, and now we can begin newly calibrated. [...]

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