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SCOTCH SERIES 9 Esters

Scotch Series 9: Esters Know your esters ~ Different esters lend different smells – ethyl acetate – nail polish. isoamyl acetate – bananas. ethyl butanoate

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SCOTCH SERIES 8 Yeast

Scotch Series 8: Yeast Yeast, the overlooked Superpower: In the greed-ridden Thatcherite ’80s, a primary goal in whisky making became higher alcohol yields. Yeast was

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SCOTCH SERIES 3 Yeast

Scotch Series 3: Yeast Yeasts are eukaryotic single-celled microorganisms classified as members of the fungus family. Yeast is inactive at low temp, at higher temp

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SCOTCH SERIES 5 Peat

Scotch Series 5: Peat The chemical composition of a peat bog depends on its geographical location. It’s all location, location, location! Peat from different bogs

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SCOTCH SERIES 1 Books

Scotch Series 1: Books The best book about Whisky and Scotland. Neil Gunn…never been bettered. Some people think it is Aeneas MacDonald with his book

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