• Flexible

    Learn online in your own time, at your own pace with lifetime access to the course.

  • Accessible

    In-depth, yet easy-to-follow material. Ideal for beginners, or those keen to learn a bit more.

  • Interactive

    Enjoy quizzes, video and multimedia lessons across eight modules. Plus, a final assessment.

Course Overview

    1. Welcome to the course 🥃

    2. What to expect from here 📚

    1. Overview | The History of Scotch Whisky 📂

    2. Origins of distillation 📜

    3. The end of illicit stills ❌

    4. A History of Glenlivet (the place) 📚

    5. Whisky market developments 📑

    6. Rise of "The Big Three" 📈

    7. Phylloxera, Pattison & "What is Whisky" ❔

    8. First World War & Prohibition 🍸

    9. Key dates in the history of Scotch whisky 📆

    10. World War II & aftermath 📕

    11. Growth in single malt market 📈

    12. Recent developments 💻

    13. Key dates in the history of whisky 📓

    14. The History of Scotch Whisky Quiz 🧠

    1. Overview | The Business of Scotch Whisky 📂

    2. The Scotch Whisky Regulations (2009) 👨‍⚖️

    3. Dr. Gordon Steele on Scotch whisky categories 🎬

    4. Scotch Whisky categories

    5. Activity: Scotch whisky categories ❔

    6. Dr. Gordon Steele on Scotch whisky regions 🎬

    7. The recognised Scotch whisky regions 📍

    8. Activity: Guess the Scotch whisky regions ❔

    9. Dr. Gordon Steele on Scotch whisky labels 🎬

    10. Guidance relating to labelling of Scotch whisky 🥃

    11. Activity: Scotch whisky labelling guidance ❔

    12. Impact of whisky ageing on cash flow 🧾

    13. Pricing a bottle of Scotch whisky 💷

    14. Activity: Guess the tax % (UK) ❔

    15. Scotch whisky exports 📈

    16. Issues for the Scotch whisky industry 💬

    17. COVID-19 & Scotch 😷

    18. A growing industry 📈

    19. The Business of Scotch Whisky Quiz 🧠

    1. Overview | Raw Materials 📂

    2. Malted barley 👨‍🌾

    3. Let's Talk About... Barley 🎬

    4. Water 🌊

    5. Yeast 🦠️

    6. Let's Talk About... Yeast 🎬

    7. Activity: Yeast & the fermentation process

    8. Peat 🖤

    9. Let's Talk About... Peat 🎬

    10. Malt or grain? 🥃

    11. Activity: What's in the different Scotch whisky categories? 🔎

    12. Raw Materials Quiz 🧠

    1. Overview | Production Process 📂

    2. The journey from grain to liquid 🔁

    3. Barley & the malting process 🌱

    4. Activity: Barley grain ❔

    5. The Malting Process (Steeping & Germination) 🎬

    6. The Malting Process (Kilning) 🎬

    7. Milling, Mashing & Fermentation 🦠️

    8. Milling 🎬

    9. Mashing 🎬

    10. Fermentation 🎬

    11. Production Process Quiz 🧠

    1. Overview | Batch Distillation 📂

    2. Pot stills 🥃

    3. Batch Distillation 🎬

    4. Reflux 💭

    5. Wash & spirit stills 🥃

    6. Condensing systems ♨️

    7. Cut points & spirit quality ✂️

    8. The Spirit Safe & Cut points 🎬

    9. Batch Distillation Quiz 🧠

About this course

  • £120.00
  • 8 modules, plus final assessment
  • EWA digital badge & certificate
  • Red lapel pin & printed certificate (optional)

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Imagine yourself enjoying a dram, understanding exactly what went into your glass and why you love it so much.