Whiskey Scotch malt

Scotch Malt, Scotch Grain, Bourbon or Rye Whiskey 108-112 L with 31-35% Alcohol by Volume... 

Single Whiskey. Single whiskey is the whiskey, either grain or malt, produced by one particular distillery. Blended Scotch whiskey is not a single whiskey. 

The grain whiskeys used in Scotch blends are produced using com, rye, and barley malt and are distilled using a continuous multicolumn stiU at 180—186° proof (90—93%). Grain whiskeys are aged in used oak barrels of 190 Hter capacities. The used barrels are often purchased in the United States from bourbon distilleries. 

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. 

Scotch whiskeys may be divided into the following five principal classes (i) Highland malts (2) Lowland malts ... 

Made from barley malt and having a smoky taste, obtained by using peat instead of coal as fuel in the kiln drying of the malt. Changes in the variety of peat used materially affect the flavor. This includes scotch whiskeys commonly classified in the British Isles as follows (1) Highland malts, (2) Lowland malts, (3) Campbell towns, (4) Islays. 

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. 

In the production of Scotch grain whiskey the saccharified starch is distilled in continuous column stills. The character of the distillate is neutral, with less aroma than malt whiskey. In both Scotch whiskey processes, the distillates, with about 63% by volume ethanol, have to be stored/aged in order to develop their fuU aroma. This is best achieved by aging in old sherry casks or in charred casks. At the end of processing, the alcohol content is reduced to a drinkable level, about... 

Whiskey—Made from malted and unmalted grains, of which the main types are Bourbon, from corn Canadian, from barley, corn, rye, and wheat Irish, from barley, com, oats, rye, and wheat Rye, from rye and Scotch, from barley. 

Malts almost exclusively used for production of Scotch whiskey. The green malt is kilned in the presence of peat smoke. The peat is slowly burned and conducted to the hot air chamber of the kiln, and then in the fan-driven airstream into the malt. Malts for lowland and highland Scottish whiskies are lightly (1-5 ppm of total phenols) and heavily (15 to 20 ppm total phenols) peated, respectively. 

Peat Partially decomposed vegetable material from bogs that is burnt for the production of peat-smoked malts, widely used for Scotch whiskey. 

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