We’ve all been there whilst attending a single malt whisky tasting; bright eyes and bushy tails, waiting to soak up the knowledge. Your host starts talking you through the process of making whisky: discussing how to grow barley; delving into scientific terms about turning starches into sugar; having yeast eat the sugar to create alcohol. Right, you’re thinking – my GCSE science classes have finally proven useful – it’s pretty straight forward science! Next, they start talking about putting their ‘beer’ into two stills to bump it up to a juicy 60-70% ABV spirit before being put into a cask – hang on a minute – I thought we were talking about single malt whisky, you may ask? Where did all of this talk about ‘beer’ come from?
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