This style is being revisited by many Speyside whisky distilleries; Benromach being notable for going back to the Speyside routes and incorporating peated barley into the distillation process. Speyside whisky is arguably the most famous Scotch in the world, and around half of all of Scotland’s wh...
The process varies from distillery to distillery: from the most heavily smoked distillates, such as Islay’s Ardbeg, to completely peat-free distillates, like Speyside’s Cardhu. Once the malt is ready, you grind it to obtainmalted flour, calledgrist. ...
For a spirit that only requires three ingredients to make, Scotch gets surprisingly complex. Luckily, becoming a master of Irish whisky is much simpler.
Scotch and Bourbon are both whiskies, but they are not the same. Bourbon is based on corn, not barley, and must be composed of a mash bill. Bourbon is generally sweeter than single-malt Scotch.
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Speyside Cooperage has acquired several garden centres and has scoured customer lists for people who have bought old whisky casks as planters. If anyone has a cask they no longer require, we recommend contacting the cooperage, as it is offering good rates. ...
After all, what good is it to teach someone that Speyside whiskies are light and fruity only for them to stumble onto the muscular, meaty whisky of Mortlach and become confused? For one, the reason why the categorisation of Scotch whisky by region was reaffirmed by the Scotch Whisky...
Now the Speyside whisky is no stranger to luxury pursuits – the entire new distillery was built in a modern, luxurious, ground-breaking way. But in times past, a brand like The Macallan would have perhaps launched an old whisky and made headlines for the age of that release. However, ...
The Lowland and Speyside were the first who decided to convert into peat. The rail transport of Scotland led to the massive availability of Coke, which burned more evenly and led to less smoke than peat, so such regions took advantage of this and started making unpeated whiskey. ...
For reference only, below is The Whisky Boys’ own SMWS distillery codes list: (Please note: this Code list did not originate from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society) 1GlenfarclasScotlandSpeyside 2The GlenlivetScotlandSpeyside 3BowmoreScotlandIslay ...