Making Scotch Whisky is a much-honed craft that has been refined over time from a cottage industry into a precision process. Many elements shape the final flavor and character of a whisky, including the type of grains and yeast used, the shape of the still, the cask and the length of ti...
casks are charred to remove traces of previous use and imbue the fluid with a rich flavour. Once the whisky is distilled (in a large device called potstill), it’s poured into these casks for maturation. The length of time spent in the cask is noted on bottles as the whisky’s age....
Calculate how much it costs to bottle a cask of whisky. The cask calculator is for checking cask prices and deciding how to sell a cask.
Wholesale whisky is traded as Litres of Pure Alcohol (LPA) on an Original Fillings Basis (OFB). In combination they refer to the amount of spirit which went into the barrel at the outset (filling). When you come to sell your whisky it doesn't matter how much has evaporated. You sell ...
A splash of whisky A pinch of salt 1.) De-stem and de-seed 2-6 habanero peppers. You can chop them if you like, but it really doesn’t impact the flavor much. You can use more peppers, as well, or a mix of any chili types you’d like. I actually used a bunch of different...
Aged whisky casks are now quite limited in Japan – so much so that Suntory whisky’s aged statement brands have either been discontinued or are only released on highly limited allocation. An extremely rare Japanese whisky, Yamazaki 55 is the preeminent single malt whisky from this scarce supply...
The yeast cannot survive much higher temperatures. 50 kg of special yeast cultures are added to around 15,000 litres of sugar solution. The resulting liquid is stored for the next two to four days in large wooden vats, the wash backs, until fermentation is complete. During alcoholic ...
the barley is spread across large floors and turned on a daily basis. the space and the rotation are so important because it affects how much starch turns to sugar. it’s a 7-days-a-week job and a labour of love for our maltmen. at the same time, we help regulate the temperature ...
How much is a dram of Scotch? Posted on March 19, 2009 If you do any reading about Scotch, or whiskey in general, you’ll often read people talk about having a dram of Scotch. Intuitively we know it’s some measurement, that we pour a bit of the golden (or amber or whatever, ...
Replacing the former term, Vatted Malt, blended malt indicates a whisky which is comprised of single malt whiskies from more than one distillery. Cask Strength This indicates that water isn’t added to the whiskey after aging, and prior to bottling. Typically whiskeys of this sort will be sol...