Definition
Whisky words: Coffey Still / Continuous Still
Aeneas Coffey (1780–1839) was an Irish inventor and distiller who patented the continuous still. It is also known as ...
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Whisky words: amino acids
Amino acids are the organic compounds broken down from protein that react with sugars to produce colour and flavour i...
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Whisky Words: Draff
Draff > noun dregs or refuse.
ORIGIN Middle English: perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word related to German...
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Whisky words: draff
Draff – which literally means dregs or refuse – is the name given to spent grain left in the mashtun after the wort h...
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Whisky words: amino acids
Amino acids are the organic compounds broken down from protein that react with sugars to produce colour and flavour i...
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Whisky words: dunnage
Dunnage is the traditional style of warehousing used in Scotland, with casks stored up to three high. It is also ofte...
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Whisky words: Islay
Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides and one of the recognised whisky regions as defined by the Sco...
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Whisky words: condenser
The function of a condenser is to provide rapid cooling for the vapours coming from the stills.
There are two differe...
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Good to know: the origin of Scotch
The first written record of Scotch whisky is from 1494, in the Scottish Exchequer Rolls, where it states:
“Eight boll...
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Whisky words: No Age Statement (NAS)
No surprises to learn that No Age Statement (often referred to as NAS whisky) simply refers a whisky with no specifie...
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Whisky words: uisge beatha
Uisge beatha is the Scottish Gaelic term for ‘water of life’ with uisge simply meaning water and beatha meaning life....
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Whisky words: olfactory
Olfactory can be defined simply as of or relating to the sense of smell.
Olfacation is the ability to pick up and dis...
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