Paul John (whisky) evaporation during aging, known as the angels' share, is also higher in India, at 10–12% per year, than in Scotland, where the annual evaporative loss is about 2%. This leaves a hogshead with only 150 bottles left in it, after three years, compared to around 350 in a Scotland. Michael John describes it this way, "Whisky matured at these temperatures simply cannot be aged for the kind of time expected with Scotch, even trying to mature our whisky for just 10 years would leave barely a bottle of liquid in the barrel. Fortunately, the heat actually speeds up the maturation
Stauning Whisky 3 years before it is finally bottled as whisky. When new whisky is distilled, it is a colorless liquid and has only taste and aroma of alcohol and grain. It is from aging in charred oak barrels the whisky gets its color, complexity and flavor. In the years from 2009-2012 the distillery produced 6000 liters of new spirit a year. In the course of 2012 the production was more than doubled to 15.000 liters a year and finally in 2015 the distillery announced their plans for an expansion of the distillery capacity to 900.000 liters. This has led to an