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Whisky has been a table companion for centuries, but not much about the amber liquid has changed through the ages. Vintage insights remain relevant. We've curated some interesting excerpts from older publications that are rather difficult to find in bookstores today.
January 8, 2022
In the Orkney capital of Kirkwall stands a fine medieval cathedral, the largest and most impressive building on any of Britain's offshore islands....
January 8, 2022
BARLEY
The barley normally in use at Port Ellen is of the variety Optic, with a nitrogen content of approximately 1.59% by weight.
This is a high q...
January 8, 2022
IN THE EARLY 1970s Scottish Malt Distillers owned 3 distilleries on Islay: Port Ellen, Caol Ila and Lagavulin. The company decided that the quality...
January 8, 2022
Port Ellen Distillery in operation in 1970.
REBUILDING BEGAN IN THE SPRING of 1966 and was completed on 1 April 1967. The old distillery had be...
January 5, 2022
IN 1821 THE VILLAGE of Port Ellen was founded by Walter Frederick Campbell, Laird of Islay.
Port Ellen Distillery as it was in 1935.
Built ar...
November 29, 2021
According to ancient rules, a "great liquor" is one which improves with aging. A definition that is still very much in use today.
With maturation t...
November 28, 2021
Like any other alcoholic spirit, the distillation process is an essential step to whisky production. It is by no means a straightforward and sim...
November 28, 2021
The ancient and magical process of fermentation in foods dates back many a millenia. Silvano Samaroli briefly describes the role of fermentatio...
November 28, 2021
In whisky-making, after the malting process comes the mashing process. Silvano Samaroli briefly discusses the intricacies of the mashing / infus...
November 28, 2021
The root of the term "Whisky" is derived from the Gaelic word "Uisguebaugh" (pronounced "oohkubeya"), in the Latin spoken by friars "aqua vitae"...
November 18, 2021
Colum Egan is the Old Bushmills Master Distiller and a man who knows a lot about whiskey and a lot about how to manage his team.
"It takes six guys...
November 18, 2021
If you were to build a distillery from scratch it would not look anything like Old Bushmills. This higgledy-piggledy collection of red brick and sl...
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