Advantages of a spirit decanter

The carafe has been in use for a long time. People used to go to the market with their carafe and fill the carafe directly from the barrel. Nowadays this is not done anymore but people have a carafe at home. In this time they buy a bottle of whiskey at the liquor store and then donate it to a carafe. A carafe is more fun in the living room than a bottle.

The biggest advantage of a spirit decanter is of course the looks it brings. Nowadays carafes are available in different shapes, sizes and materials. Often a carafe is a showpiece in the room and the pride of a man.

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Carafes come in different sizes and can therefore be adapted to the remainder of the whiskey. It is important that a carafe is filled more than half of the size of the carafe, otherwise there is too much air in the bottle. Too much air will change the taste.

Although the spirit drink taken out of the bottle and put into the carafe, the taste of the drink will remain the same. It is important that a few requirements are met if you want to preserve the taste of the whiskey, tequila, rum,... in the carafe. The following points should be considered: 

• Make sure the carafe is airtight, there should be as little outside influences as possible.
• Make sure your carafe is clean before you put new spirit drink in it. For this it is useful to use the cleaning pearls. These clean every part of a carafe. If the carafe is not clean properly, it is possible that the flavor will change because of the residue.
• Make sure the carafe is at the same temperature at all times. Temperature differences will cause the taste to deteriorate. It is best for the whiskey to be stored between 15 and 18 degrees.
• Make sure the carafe is not in direct sunlight.
• Make sure the carafe is not less than half full. If the carafe is less than half full, there will be too much air in the whiskey. This will cause the taste to weaken within a month.
• Make sure the spirit drink is kept in the dark before you put it in the carafe. This has not much to do with the carafe but is to ensure the taste of the drink. A dense bottle of whiskey can be kept for a very long time.

DIFFERENCE SPIRIT DRINK CARAFES

You can distinguish whiskey carafes in terms of shapes and materials. The shapes can of course not be counted on one hand. There are round carafes, squares carafes and 34324 other shapes. With the materials there are generally only 2 types possible. Glass decanters and crystal decanters.

Carafes are only recommended if they are lead free. Lead is poisonous. If the whiskey is in the carafe for a long time, the lead will slowly give off in the drink. So it is certainly recommended that you look carefully to see if there is lead in the carafe. In the past a lot of crystal with lead was used, but nowadays it is produced lead free and actually no real crystal anymore but crystal glass.
Crystal can only be called that when it contains minimum 10% lead. Because lead is poisonous and gives off in the drink, today's carafes are made of lead-free crystal glass . Titanium oxide is the substitute for lead. This is non-toxic and also a lot stronger than lead. 

Our carafes our made of lead -free borosilicate glass. This high quality glass has the advantage that it is much stronger than ordinary glass and therefore has a longer life. Our unique carafes our mouth blown, handcrafted and are an eye catcher for every room

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