The start of the process

Don't worry. I'm not going to narrate the entire Scotch-making process. What I did find interesting though is the fact that the process of making Scotch begins in the same way that brewing beer does. Water is added to barley malt which is then heated-up in this mash tun causing the barley to start releasing its sugars. Then yeast is added which eats up the sugar and forms alcohol and CO2 gas.. Scotch whiskey is pretty much distilled beer. Distilling means that the liquid is boiled up through copper tubing where it condenses then falls like rain into another vessel

Day Eight (Exploring the Highlands)

July 20th 2006
Some welcome relief from the heat last night. I actually had to sleep under the covers. It was wonderfully cool for a change. A bonnie quiet wee towne is this Newtonmore. We treated ourselves to another hearty, traditional English breakfast in the hotel dining area. I'l never understand the baked beans and fried tomatoes the English and Scots have for breakfast but like Pavlov's dog, I real ... read more

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