Scotch Series 25: Specific Gravity Water density number is 1000 kg /M3. We work with mass and atmospheric pressure, and work the equation backwards, to get the SG of water. Specific Gravity (SG) is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of water....
Scotch Series 24: Economics and Politics Scotch Whisky adds £3.3 billion directly, and its total impact is to add nearly £5bn overall to UK GDP – GDP means Gross Domestic Product. GDP is the total value of everything produced by all the people and companies in...
Scotch and Series 23: Sugars Yeasts eats simple sugars and needs help to eat the big/complex sugars in Barley. Grain holds some of its sugars in polymers – starch and cellulose. Polymers are built up structures of units – in this case we are talking about...
Scotch Series 22: Barley On International Women’s Day 2018 we highlight the connection between whisky & women, through focus on barley; Barley has established eminent connections throughout time; ‘Cailleach n’am braice’ meaning Great...
Scotch Series 21: Reading Today is a (non exhaustive) list of interesting whisky books. Some are completely focused on Scotch, and some let you learn “around” the subject; which is greatly beneficial.In no particular order1) Neil M. Gunn – Whisky and...
Scotch Series 20: Distillation One of the reasons behind the ruling that the level of ethanol in new make spirit for Scotch cannot legally exceed 94.8% is so features from the fermentation & raw materials are retained. In gin production, the ethanol is purified by...
