https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/SWE_Se1E6e_publish.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!Those who thought we had completed our journey through the warehouse were sadly mistaken. (As we’re those who thought we’d never return to complete the task!) We’ve plumbed the depths of the archives to
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep6d_publish.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!It certainly feels like this discussion about whisky maturation is going on forever, but while we still have a few issues to dissect and digest, we hope you will enjoy the topics featured in
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep6Cpublish.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!Well here we are again, still in the warehouse, still discussing the many, many intricacies of Scotch Whisky’s lengthy and involved maturation. Ever wondered what differences might result from air or kiln drying the
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep6b_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!This episode finds us once more exploring the expansive and exciting topic of Scotch Whisky maturation. Moving on from the legal requirements previously discussed, we turn our attention to the oak used in the
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep6aMaturation_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!It’s with more than a little trepidation that we come to the multifarious topic of whisky maturation. With so many components and related subjects that are deserving of attention this discussion was always going
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep5d_Distil_D_Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!We never thought that it would take 4 episodes to thoroughly discuss the intricacies of distillation but it has! In our final examination of the distilling process we investigate -amongst many other topics –
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep5c_DistillingC_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!We’re still here and we’re still talking about distillation! Never content to just skim over the subject in broad, general terms, we take the opportunity to chat about different types of copper, lyne arms
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep5b_Distilling.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!We finished off the last episode exploring charge levels and questioning what effect the amount of liquid in the still might have on the distillation process. Now we get in to the nitty gritty
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Distill_A.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!This is it. This big one. Where the ‘D’ word actually happens. But what exactly is distillation? Where did it come from? How is it managed and controlled? As well as discussing these topics,
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep4_Fermentation.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!Alcohol doesn’t occur by accident. Ok, maybe it once did, a long time ago. But now it’s more accurate to say that the alcohol in your whisky has been conjured, created, and cajoled into
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep3_mill_mash_with_intro.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!We’ve now reached the point in the production process where we can find ourselves in a distillery. The barley has been delivered and needs to be made ready for mashing. Once the consignment of
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep2_Malting_Publish.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!In our second episode of this season we discuss the malting and kilning processes. Those listeners who have visited a distillery that malts some of it’s own barley will be familiar with the scene:
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/Se1Ep1_with_intro.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!In this first episode of season 1 we look at where Single Malt Scotch Whisky begins. We investigate the humble yet esteemed grain variety that must be used if Single Malt Scotch Whisky is
https://media.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/content.blubrry.com/scotswhiskyexplorers/SWE_0_1_Trail_Se1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS | Keep up to date with all the Scots Whisky Explorers content by subscribing!Introducing the Scots Whisky Explorers podcast! Before Episode 1 airs, here’s a short conversation between the makers of the podcast, talking about who they are and why they decided to make a podcast about
