Certificate in Scotch Whisky
Perfect for beginners. Delivered 100% online, learn in your own time with short, easy-to-follow multimedia lessons over eight modules.
Overview
Origins of distillation
The end of illicit stills
Whisky market developments
Rise of "The Big Three"
Phylloxera, Pattison & "What is Whisky"
First World War & Prohibition
Key dates in the history of Scotch whisky
World War II & aftermath
Growth in single malt market
Recent developments
Key dates in the history of Scotch
Quiz
Overview
FREE PREVIEWThe Scotch Whisky Regulations (2009)
FREE PREVIEWDr. Gordon Steele on Scotch whisky categories
FREE PREVIEWThe five categories of Scotch whisky
FREE PREVIEWActivity: Scotch whisky categories
FREE PREVIEWDr. Gordon Steele on Scotch whisky regions
The recognised Scotch whisky regions
Activity: Guess the Scotch whisky regions
Dr. Gordon Steele on Scotch whisky labels
Guidance relating to labelling of Scotch whisky
Activity: Scotch whisky labelling guidance
Impact of whisky ageing on cash flow
Activity: Guess the tax %
Pricing a bottle of Scotch whisky
Activity: Scotch whisky export value
Scotch whisky exports
Issues & problems facing the Scotch whisky industry
COVID-19 & Scotch
A growing industry
Quiz
Overview
Malted barley
Water
Yeast
Activity: Yeast & the fermentation process
Peat
Malt or grain?
Activity: Single grain whisky
Activity: What's in the different Scotch whisky categories?
Quiz
Overview
FREE PREVIEWSteps 1 to 3: Barley treatment, handling & analysis
Activity: Barley grain
Step 4: Steeping
Step 5: Germination
Step 6: Kilning
Steps 7 to 8: Storage, analysis & despatch
Step 9: Milling
FREE PREVIEWStep 10: Mashing
Steps 11 to 12: Fermentation & wash
Quiz
Overview
The Still Room
FREE PREVIEWPot stills
FREE PREVIEWReflux
FREE PREVIEWWash & spirit stills
Condensing systems
The Spirit Safe
Cut points & spirit quality
FREE PREVIEWQuiz
FREE PREVIEWOverview
Introduction to oak
Cask types, treatments & rejuvenation
Flavour compounds & chemical reactions
Four ways the cask can influence the flavour of whisky
Warehousing systems
FREE PREVIEWThe Angels' Share
Climate & maturation
Quiz
I honed my already excising knowledge and learned a whole lot more too. Informative and educational I will be back for more.
I honed my already excising knowledge and learned a whole lot more too. Informative and educational I will be back for more.
Read LessIncredibly well thought out and interesting course. Taking you through the history of Scotch whisky and the process of making the world's finest dram!
Incredibly well thought out and interesting course. Taking you through the history of Scotch whisky and the process of making the world's finest dram!
Read LessLoved this course. Tons of information without being overwhelming.
Loved this course. Tons of information without being overwhelming.
Read LessI've never completed a course like this before and I cannot express how great the system was and the overall content of the material. I would definitely recommend this to my partners as well as friends.
I've never completed a course like this before and I cannot express how great the system was and the overall content of the material. I would definitely recommend this to my partners as well as friends.
Read LessI finished this course last year and learned so much. After a couple of months, i tried it again and it is so good that you can log in and do it again, like a "what do you remember?"- course. I give this a top rating! // Kim, Gothenburg/Sweden
I finished this course last year and learned so much. After a couple of months, i tried it again and it is so good that you can log in and do it again, like a "what do you remember?"- course. I give this a top rating! // Kim, Gothenburg/Sweden
Read LessThe enrollment process is quick, easy, & seamless. It al makes the experience a pleasurable one, and to be recommended. I would give the course an overall 4.5 rating. My rating would be 5 for content and learnability, Some colour...
Read MoreThe enrollment process is quick, easy, & seamless. It al makes the experience a pleasurable one, and to be recommended. I would give the course an overall 4.5 rating. My rating would be 5 for content and learnability, Some colour choices on some on-line screens created issues, but I am sure that can be overcome.
Read LessExcellant presentation, enjoyable platform to promote self learning on personal level Perfectly paced. I was amazed at all of the knowledge presented and ease in which I gained an increasing awareness of what goosing to each dram.
Excellant presentation, enjoyable platform to promote self learning on personal level Perfectly paced. I was amazed at all of the knowledge presented and ease in which I gained an increasing awareness of what goosing to each dram.
Read LessSitting in a hotel room overseas I was browsing the web for whiskies to try and add to my small collection when I came across the Edinburgh Whisky Academy and their online courses. Well what better way to spend time in isolation than to learn abou...
Read MoreSitting in a hotel room overseas I was browsing the web for whiskies to try and add to my small collection when I came across the Edinburgh Whisky Academy and their online courses. Well what better way to spend time in isolation than to learn about your favorite drink and how it's produced. It is a long time since I lived in the heart of Speyside and enjoyed the smells and visits to the many distilleries. The first EWA course I completed was the Certificate in Scotch Whisky. The online course is excellent with so much information delivered to you in fun ways and at any time you can take a break and the course is automaticaly bookmarked for your return. At the end of each module there is a quiz to test your knowledge and obviously at the end of the whole course there is again more questions. The material is fantastic and more importantly enjoyable. Having completed that course I got bored in my hotel room and having enjoyed it so much I then went and completed 2 additional courses, Wake Up Your Whisky Nose and Focus on Flavour. Each course has a downloadable Cetificate for you to print off. If you are any way interested in the History of Whisy and how it is produced then you will enjoy these courses and learn so much. Fantastic course as previoulsy described.
Read LessLoved this intro course...really whetted my appetite to dig deeper...which I will do...maybe wee bit more on water (source, minerals etc)...and a wee bit more on copper and its influence on the distillation / cooling process...but can’t complain
Loved this intro course...really whetted my appetite to dig deeper...which I will do...maybe wee bit more on water (source, minerals etc)...and a wee bit more on copper and its influence on the distillation / cooling process...but can’t complain
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