• 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 πŸ₯ƒ

    2. What to expect from here πŸ“š

    1. Overview | The History of Scotch Whisky πŸ“‚

    2. Origins of distillation πŸ“œ

    3. The end of illicit stills ❌

    4. A History of Glenlivet (the place) πŸ“š

    5. Whisky market developments πŸ“‘

    6. Rise of "The Big Three" πŸ“ˆ

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

    8. First World War & Prohibition 🍸

    9. Key dates in the history of Scotch whisky πŸ“†

    10. World War II & aftermath πŸ“•

    11. Growth in single malt market πŸ“ˆ

    12. Recent developments πŸ’»

    13. Key dates in the history of whisky πŸ““

    14. The History of Scotch Whisky Quiz 🧠

    1. Overview | The Business of Scotch Whisky πŸ“‚

    2. The Scotch Whisky Regulations (2009) πŸ‘¨β€βš–οΈ

    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 πŸ“

    8. Activity: Guess the Scotch whisky regions ❔

    9. Dr. Gordon Steele on Scotch whisky labels 🎬

    10. Guidance relating to labelling of Scotch whisky πŸ₯ƒ

    11. Activity: Scotch whisky labelling guidance ❔

    12. Impact of whisky ageing on cash flow 🧾

    13. Pricing a bottle of Scotch whisky πŸ’·

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

    15. Activity: Scotch whisky export value ❔

    16. Scotch whisky exports πŸ“ˆ

    17. Issues & problems facing the Scotch whisky industry πŸ’¬

    18. COVID-19 & Scotch 😷

    19. A growing industry πŸ“ˆ

    20. The Business of Scotch Whisky Quiz 🧠

    1. Overview | Raw Materials πŸ“‚

    2. Malted barley πŸ‘¨β€πŸŒΎ

    3. Let's Talk About... Barley 🎬

    4. Water 🌊

    5. Yeast 🦠️

    6. Let's Talk About... Yeast 🎬

    7. Activity: Yeast & the fermentation process

    8. Peat πŸ–€

    9. Let's Talk About... Peat 🎬

    10. Malt or grain? πŸ₯ƒ

    11. Activity: What's in the different Scotch whisky categories? πŸ”Ž

    12. Raw Materials Quiz 🧠

    1. Overview | Production Process πŸ“‚

    2. The journey from grain to liquid πŸ”

    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 πŸ“‚

    2. Pot stills πŸ₯ƒ

    3. Batch Distillation 🎬

    4. Reflux πŸ’­

    5. Wash & spirit stills πŸ₯ƒ

    6. Condensing systems ♨️

    7. Cut points & spirit quality βœ‚οΈ

    8. The Spirit Safe & Cut points 🎬

    9. Batch Distillation Quiz 🧠

About this course

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

First course - Cert in Scotch Whisky

James McAlees

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.

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Excellent course

Richard Shepherd

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!

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!

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Excellent- thorough

Kate Fraser

Loved this course. Tons of information without being overwhelming.

Loved this course. Tons of information without being overwhelming.

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Review for course from HongKong

Wing Lee , Patrick Law

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.

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.

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Still learning!

kim johnson

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

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

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4 star rating

The enrollment process is quic...

John Dawson

The 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...

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The 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.

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5 star rating

Excellant presentation, enjoya...

Steven Hulderman

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.

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.

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Sitting in a hotel room overse...

Scott Rennie

Sitting 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...

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Sitting 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.

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Brilliant introduction to Scotch Whisky

Frank Hughes

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

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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