Distilled liquor

Distilled liquor

Of or pertaining to any alcoholic beverage obtained by distillation from wine, fermented fruit or plant juice, or from various cereal grains that have first been brewed.

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Vatted malt

Beverages; Distilled liquor

Such a malt is a blend of single malts. This produces a product which is more consistent and can be "tuned" to bring out a particular character. Such whiskies may be less demanding and can form a ...

Originally meaning "of tried strength or quality", this acquired new meaning with the invention of the hydrometer - a floating instrument used to determine the specific gravity of a fluid - in this ...

Cask strength

Beverages; Distilled liquor

Newly distilled malt whisky is generally 115-120 deg proof as it comes off the still. It is generally watered down and bottled at 70 deg proof for the domestic British market. It has long been noted ...

History

Beverages; Distilled liquor

Historians agree that whisky production, albeit on a small scale actually began in Ireland somewhere around or before the twelfth century and was brought across to Scotland somewhat later. The first ...

The whisky year

Beverages; Distilled liquor

Many distilleries began their lives on farms. The distilling season began after the harvest and continued until late April. Until modern times this cycle was followed by all distilleries and even now ...

Malting process

Beverages; Distilled liquor

As has been stated above, the process of malting converts the plain barley grain into malted barley and by so doing greatly changes its chemical makeup. The barley is first soaked for between 48 and ...

The malt kiln

Beverages; Distilled liquor

The fully germinated malt is next transferred to the kiln for drying on a mesh over a fire containing a certain amount of peat, thus contributing to the peaty taste evident in many malt whiskies. ...