Definitions for "Charring"
Or "burning" of the inside of the cask. Not to be confused with he heating of the staves which enables their bending when assembling them together for building the cask. The intensity of the charring will have a direct influence on the aromas and colour which the cask will impart to the whisky during its maturation.
The process of firing the inside of a new barrel, to help flavour and colour the whisky as it ages inside the barrel. Also referred to as "toasting".
The effect of continually heating the inside of a wine barrel over an open fire. It usually causes browning, or even blackening of the inside surface of the staves. A certain degree of toasting occurs as a normal result of the manufacturing process.
Charring is a process of incomplete combustion that often occurs when biological tissue (living or dead) is subjected to heat. The resulting matter is sometimes called char. Coke and charcoal are produced this way.
The characteristic change of a carbonic material through burning, black in color, blistering.