Whiskey Irish

Irish Whiskey. Irish whiskeys are blends of grain and malt spirits three or more years of age that are produced in either the RepubHc of Ireland or Northern Ireland and comply with the respective laws regulating their manufacture. Since no peat is used in the malting process, Irish whiskey lacks the smokey character of Scotch. In the manufacturing process, the malt is soaked in water and milled to produce the wort. The fermentation usually takes about 60 hours. The first distillation in a pot stiU yields a 22—23% alcohol product. A second pot stiU distiUation produces a product that is 45—46% alcohol. This is foUowed by a third distiUation in another pot stiU to yield the Irish whiskey of about 68—70% alcohol. 

Irish whiskey is matured in used barrels at about 63% alcohol. It is usuaUy considered more flavorful and heavier bodied than blended Scotch whiskeys. 

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Fermentation + distillation -> Scotch whiskey, Irish whiskey... 

Whiskey, depending on the kind, is made by different processes. The raw material for Scotch single malt whiskey is barley malt which has been exposed to peat moss or coal smoke during kiln drying. Such smoked malt is mashed at 60 °C and filtered. The resulting wort is then fermented at 20-32 °C after the addition of yeast (Saccha-romyces cerevisiae). Irish whiskey is never made from smoked malt. The distillation is conducted in two steps, sometimes in simple pot stills. The harsh, raw liquor is collected in the first distillation step. The undesirable harsh components are removed in the head and tail fractions in the second distillation. 

Distillation is a ubiquitous process, used for a huge variety of chemical separations. In the popular imagination, it is associated with the production of ethanol. Wine is distilled to make brandy beer is distilled to make whiskey and corn mash is distilled to make gin, vodka and other white spirits. Distillation originated in efforts to increase the alcohol concentration of wine, thus making the wine more stable to heat. Many cultures seem to have been involved the stills shown on the labels of Irish whiskey bottles are aliqui-taras, a form of Spanish still based on designs by the Moors, who are believed to have gotten their ideas from the Chinese. 

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