Scotch Series 42: Soul of the Land One can live ON a landscape or live IN a landscape. The role of the whisky maker is to bring out TERROIR. This concept of Anam an fhearainn – Soul of the Land – Terroir, reflects and contains a pride and a tradition. It...
Scotch Series 41: Drinking Whisky IN MY MOUTH I HOLD THE WORLDGazing into my glass swimming with clear, warm, liquid gold, I imagine standing on the highest diving board and looking down – the distances are comparable. Eye to glass; body to water. I dive; down,...
Scotch Series 40: Maturation We distil spirit that is clear. When it is filled into the cask the spirit looks like water – uisge beatha – water of life. It is during its time in maturation inside the cask that spirit develops its colour. Spirit...
Scotch Series 39: Process The stages involved in whisky making are numerous. Here is a schematic highlighting eight of them. MALTING, KILNING, MILLING, MASHING, FERMENTATION, DISTILLATION, MATURATION and our favourite one…. LIBATION! Each stage of whisky making...
Scotch Series 38: Oak Why Oak? Oak is one of the hardest and most durable timbers. It’s Latin name, Quercus robur, means strength – think “robust”. Oak grows from the outside in – a new ring grows around the trunk of the tree,...
