Focus on Flavour
Working through a series of short interactive exercises and pop quizzes, you’ll get to know your lipids from your lignins and learn how to attach key flavours to the part of the process in which they are likely to have developed.
Overview
How does Scotch whisky get its flavour?
The Scotch whisky categories
Malted barley
Does barley variety make a difference to flavour?
Water
Yeast
Peat
Does the peat source location make a difference to flavour?
Mashing
Fermentation
Washbacks
Time & hygiene
Pot stills & reflux
Cut points
Where does the most flavour come from?
Why is oak used?
Oak species
Charring & Toasting
Seasoning
Fill strength
Cask size
Wood surface-to-liquid ratio
Environment
Warehouse type
How dilution affects flavour
Chill filtration
Does chill filtration make a difference to flavour?
It is an excellent service and resource I would recommend to everyone with a passion in whisky and thinking about furthering their education. simple but in depth information laid out in an informative and fun format. Had much more depth and con...
Read MoreIt is an excellent service and resource I would recommend to everyone with a passion in whisky and thinking about furthering their education. simple but in depth information laid out in an informative and fun format. Had much more depth and content than I expected for a smaller module and made me look forward to jumping straight into more!
Read LessIt's a really user-friendly system and the structure of the course works very well. It's a good introduction to where flavour comes from in the production process. I work in the whisky industry, so much of the content was familiar, but I nonethe...
Read MoreIt's a really user-friendly system and the structure of the course works very well. It's a good introduction to where flavour comes from in the production process. I work in the whisky industry, so much of the content was familiar, but I nonetheless learned some new things! See above. Very comprehensive overview; whets the appetite to do more in-depth course(s)
Read LessGreat course! Great course! Nice platform and excellent communication
Great course! Great course! Nice platform and excellent communication
Read LessExcellent course for the beginner ! very well received and I can't wait to start the next ones.
Excellent course for the beginner ! very well received and I can't wait to start the next ones.
Read LessHow ever, you know how to take the understanding of scotch whisky to a new level for everbody. And I love watching the course over and over again. Thanks to EWA for this course. Slàinte Geri
How ever, you know how to take the understanding of scotch whisky to a new level for everbody. And I love watching the course over and over again. Thanks to EWA for this course. Slàinte Geri
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