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You can expect full-bodied whiskies boasting notes of salt, smoke, fruit, and toffee, providing a world-class experience from one of Scotland’s smallest whisky regions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/8319516d-8cd7-4c64-9a9c-b50c1d375ce4/AdobeStock_205689312.jpeg Regions and Distilleries - Make it stand out Islay One of Scotland’s most easily identifiable whisky regions when it comes to flavour profile, Islay is a small Hebridean island almost solely dedicated to whisky production. The passion and care put into the whisky by the people of this region produces a fiery, heavily peated drink, not for the faint of heart. https://www.altowhisky.com/how-whisky-is-made daily 0.75 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/1679862605028-3WBLW8AAP43B74DWNCS4/unsplash-image-Lwx-q6OdGAc.jpg How Whisky is Made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/0bd22d7f-3290-44e3-9e7e-ff9732e059fa/AdobeStock_294901613.jpeg How Whisky is Made Step 1 - Malting: Whisky is only as good as the barley chosen at the very beginning of the process. This barley is harvested, watered, and then spread across malting floors to allow it to germinate. Care must be taken here to reduce the build-up of heat, ensuring that the barley is regularly turned and aerated. Here, precious enzymes are activated for use later in the process. At the 6- or 7-day mark, the barley will then be dried in a kiln to stop the germination process and add peat, if desired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/416b2021-2a9c-4ab6-be34-3e03ae5eb08c/AdobeStock_580921314.jpeg How Whisky is Made Step 2 – Mashing: Once dry, the malt is ground into a rough flour. This flour is then placed into a mash tun, with pure Scottish water added at three stages – gradually increasing in temperature from 67°C to around 100 °C. After mashing and stirring, a sugary liquid is created, known as wort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/e687e536-3e0c-4e51-8af3-42970266e494/AdobeStock_37138069.jpg How Whisky is Made - Make it stand out Step 3 – Fermentation: The wort is then cooled, pumped into washbacks and added to yeast, allowing the fermentation process to begin. The yeast and sugars combine to produce alcohol and other compounds which give the whisky its distinctive flavour. This is a volatile process, as the products of this chemical reaction produce a great deal of froth, requiring revolving switchers to regularly remove the head as it bubbles over. Two days later, the reaction begins to slow and we are left with a wash containing between 6-8% alcohol by volume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/67e6a818-f329-4356-9364-6c6fc0fd1702/AdobeStock_284836368.jpeg How Whisky is Made - Make it stand out Step 4 – Distillation: This is a traditional separation method, which many producers in Scotland still utilise to separate the alcohol and flavouring compounds from the rest of the liquid in the mix. Heating the still to just below 100°C, the alcohol and other compounds evaporate through the neck of the still and condense on the other end, leaving us with the good stuff. Distillation is a two-stage process designed to harvest the alcoholic solution. The first distillation results in a solution of around 20% ABV, with the second increasing this to around 68% ABV. This is then collected in the spirit receiver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/cecc034d-6693-4a3e-b02a-683c198a5b7c/AdobeStock_186289927.jpg How Whisky is Made Step 5 – Spirit safe and asking: Here is where Scotland’s heritage and expert whisky producers earn their money. Upon passing through the spirit safe, the Stillman will inspect the spirit without coming into contact with it. This is a challenging task, and one only a master Stillman could complete. If all is in order, the freshly distilled spirit will be reduced to maturing strength (around 63%) and placed into wooden casks to mature and build flavour. These casks will have previously been used to store other whiskies, bourbons, or sherries, helping the new spirit to develop a deep, rich flavour. The new make spirit needs to mature in the cask for a minimum of 3 years and 1 day before its legally classed as whisky but like all things the older the better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/641c70275f53253772159842/7356bcc0-5d82-40ec-b1ca-5360c18655ee/AdobeStock_281621191.jpeg How Whisky is Made - Make it stand out Step 6 – Bottling: Before bottling, whiskies undergo sensory analysis in the on-site lab, checking characteristics against a standard range of aromas and flavours provided by the master distiller. The liquid also goes through tests to check its chemical components, density, turbidity, pH, and other characteristics. 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