The Blind(er) truth aboutaging Whisky.

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Single Grain Scotch WhiskyThe unsung Hero

William of Orange – the inventor of grain whisky …

And his first grain whisky distillery …

SINGLE GRAIN SCOTCH WHISKY:

Distilled for over 250 years in Scotlands

Traditionally enjoyed in Scotland’s Central Belt, where it’s mostly mades

Since 1832 distilled mostly in traditional Coffey Stillss

Key component of world-famous Blended Scotch Whiskies such asJohnnie Walker, Dewars, Chivas Regal, J&B and Buchanan’s for last 150

yearss

Production strictly regulated by law for over 100 yearss

One of the five legal categories of Scotch.s

A distinct texture and flavour

THE SCOTCH WHISKYREGULATIONS

Single Grain Scotch Whisky can only be made with natural ingredients:

wheat (sometimes rye or maize), malted barley, water and yeast

sNo additives are allowed during the distillation process

sABV must be less than 94.8% – clearly differentiating it from

highly-rectified ‘neutral grain spirit’s

Finally, the whisky must be matured in oak casks in Scotland

for a minimum of three yearss

Single Grain Scotch Whisky has the nose, flavour and character of whisky, though in a less pronounced way than

some more robust single malts

“It is an acquired taste for a man to drink Islay pure, or Campbeltown pure, or Glenlivet pure; but by mixing those whiskies in certain proportions you make them much more

palatable and pleasant, and produce a better article.

…If you unite different characters of whisky, if you make a blend of say five fine malt whiskies, without grain, unless

they have been blended for a very long time together, you can almost detect the different distilleries they came from…

[But] If you put in a very small quantity of grain into your blend you at

once marry them, and you cannot detect the difference in the slightest…”

JAMES GREENLEES, 1891

Grain whisky was at the centre of the ‘what is whisky’ debate of 1908-09

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THE INFLUENCE ON CHARACTER .1FULL PANEL

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KILLER GRAPH AND MATURATIONDAVE

Age = Number

Maturity = character

Flavour

Time

Distillery Character

Active Cask

Distillery Character

Flavour

Time

Knackered Cask

No age statement = creative freedom?

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THE EMERGENCE OF AGE STATEMENTSNICK

Anyone who doubts the age of Mackie’s White Horse Whisky is requested to take a dram …

“Age” was part of a sustained campaign by blenders to build the reputation of the Scotch Whisky category in the early twentieth century

Some used age statements to win the trust of consumers

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Cliché & Rules V EnjoymentDAVE & GERRY

Johnnie Walker Select Casks

Rye Finish. 46%abv

Port Dundas Grain 18 yrs old. 56.5%

abv

Benrinnes 21 56.9%abv

Caol Ila New Make.68.9%

Knockando 23 yr. 49.4% abv

Brora 35 year old. 48.6% abv

Talisker Skye. 45.8% abv

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