12-year-old whiskey and storing it for 3 years VS a 15-year-old whiskey

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12-year-old whiskey and storing it for 3 years VS a 15-year-old whiskey

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For clarity:

The “age” of a whiskey isn’t actually how old it is. It refers to the length of time it spent in the barrel.

You can get a 12-year-old bottle of whiskey that is 50 years old. Just means it spent 12 years in the barrel, was removed, and then has spent 38 more years on this earth as whiskey but not in a barrel.