Blas (Blog)

Scotch Series 36: Peating   Hand cutting peats is the most environmentally friendly way for us to use this precious land to flavour our whiskies.

Scotch Series 35: Purifiers Ardbeg Distillery has a purifier on their spirit still. Not many stills have such a thing. What is this? Basically it

Scotch Series 34: Kilning The chemistry of the formation of flavour compounds is complex, and becomes increasingly so as kilning temperatures are raised. “Linoleic acid

Scotch Series 33: Draff Draff is the state that barely ends up in during the whisky making process. It all starts with barley, we focus

Scotch Series 32: Fusel Oils Fusel Oils are a group of alcohols produced mainly from amino acids during fermentation. These alcohols are constructed with more

Scotch Series 31: Cask Charring Charring casks increases the production of Trans methylotalactone  and Cis methylloctalactone, which are colloquially known as the whisky lactones.  They

Scotch Series 30: Poetry and Culture Poetry and Scotch go particularly well together. The lyrical rhythms and cadence of poetry and song are particularly suited

Scotch Series 29: Spirit Wrapped in a host of intangible ingredients and a vast envelope of water is the Spirit of Scotland – it is

Scotch Series 28: Malts and Blends Single Malt is whisky made from malted barley from a single distillery. The spirit is made by batch distillation