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| Malt Whisky |
| Single - malt Scotch whiskies are
produced by 109 distilleries in Scotland. The
layman may wonder what are the major types of
single malts that can be recognized, and what are
their chief characteristics and best
representatives, whether there is a geographical
component in that classification and whether the
various categories of characteristics lead to the
same classification. The Scotch Whisky distilleries catalogued by Jackson (1989) amount to 109, for a total of over 300 whiskies sold as single malts, which excludes the innumerable blended whiskies made of assemblages of liquors of different qualities or brands. It is interesting that Scotland alone has developed such a diversity of whiskies, matured and sold as single malts. Jackson (1989) mentions only four other pure malts in the world, one from Ireland and three from Japan. Single malts are well known by amateurs to differ widely in nose, colour, body, palate and finish. The layman interested in discovering the diversity of these tasting sensations may wonder how to approach the problem: what are the main types of single - malt Scotches, and in what way do they differ? This is the type of question that came to us after acquainting ourselves with single - malt whiskies during and after the 3rd Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies held at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, in August 1991. Jackson (1989) produced a connoisseur’s guide to the malt whiskies of Scotland. This guide contains a description of single malts from each of the 109 distilleries in Scotland. We decided to use that information to produce a classification of single - malt whiskies, to answer the following questions. (a) What are the major types of single - malt whiskies that can be recognized? (b) What are the geographic component in that classification? (c) Do the various categories of characteristics - nose, colour, body, palate and finish - lead to the same classification? |
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Other
Whisky & What You Can Do With It Other countries. Want some drinks with whisky or even a meal.. |
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Some
Facts about Whisky Some simple facts good to know. |
| The
Distilleries The Distilleries, closed and active ones, with a few dates and facts. The Map of Scotland with the location of the Distilleries. |
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A
Few Bottles Discover a few of my favorite bottles. Even if you can afford it, you can at least say i've seen them. |
| Copyright 2002 by Scottish Ghost |