Scotch whiskey manufacture

In Ireland the pot stUls are larger, some having a capacity of 20,000 gaUons three distiUations are made, and the fractions are more numerous than in the manufacture of Scotch whiskey the strength of the whiskey fraction being 25 to 30 over proof. 

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. 

Our society now manufactures and consumes many distilled liquors. Scotch and bourbon whiskeys are made from beerlike preparations of grain. Rum is distilled from fermented molasses ... 

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