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  • Blending Scotch Whisky at Morrison Bowmore

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    After my visit to the Bowmore and Auchentoshan distilleries, our group stopped by the headquarters of their parent company, Morrison Bowmore. (This company is in turned owned by Suntory, and is distributed in the United States by Skyy Spirits.)   There we met with Senior Blender Iain McCallum, who is sort of a legend even…

  • An Auchentoshan Distillery Visit

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    On the last day of my trip to Scotland with Bowmore, we went to another distillery, Auchentoshan. This distillery is located just outside of Glasgow, on a former estate. Auchentoshan is in the Lowland region of Scotland, one of just five single-malt-producing distilleries there. It’s also unique as the only scotch distillery that triple distills…

  • Aging and Terroir on Islay

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    The malting and distillation are only the first two weeks in the life of a scotch whisky: the aging time in barrels is where the liquid spends the vast majority of its existence- and where it gains much of its flavor. In this post we look at the potential influence of place in scotch whisky,…