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Highland Park has been named "The Best Spirit in the World" on three occasions by F. Paul Pacult, America's foremost expert on distilled spirits. Its 25-year-old whisky was the first spirit ever to receive a perfect 100-point score at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge .
Malting floor at Highland Park Distillery. Malted barley. Barley is "malted" by soaking the grain in water for two to three days and allowing it to germinate.This process releases enzymes, which convert unfermentable starch (which is insoluble in water and not available for fermentation by yeast) to fermentable sugars.
Glenkinchie 12 Year Old Tasting notes: On the nose aromatic and floral notes. On the palate it is sweet with a slight liquorice aftertaste and a dry finish. Glenkinchie Distillers Edition Tasting notes: On the nose cut hay and malted barley. On the palate, biscuity sweet, digestives and hobnobs. Slight toffee finish.
The distillery produces a number of expressions in its core Sherry Oak series, the most generally available being the 12-year-old, although the 18-year-old is widely distributed, alongside a 10-year-old cask strength expression at 58% ABV. Expensive 25, 30 and 40-year-old versions can also be found.
Speyside is a "protected region" for Scotch Whisky distilling under UK Government legislation. [3] According to Visit Scotland, this region includes the area between the Highlands to the west, Aberdeenshire in the east and extending south to the Cairngorms National Park. [4]
Highland single malts are single malt Scotch whiskies produced in the Highland region of Scotland. This categorisation includes the whiskies produced on the islands around the perimeter of Scotland (the Island single malts ), except for Islay (see Islay whisky ).
Glengoyne 17-year-old was voted "World's Best Single Highland Malt" in the "Best of the Best" whisky tasting, organised by Whisky Magazine. [ 21 ] Due to the rapid growth recently of the Scotch malt whisky industry (recent figures indicate a 9% growth in 2002 [ 9 ] ) and of the premium whisky market as a whole, [ 9 ] Glengoyne is mainly ...
Wolfburn Distillery was founded just to the west of the town of Thurso, Caithness, [1] in 1821 [2] by William Smith. [3] The distillery was of considerable size for its day and ran as a successful commercial enterprise for several decades, being handed down through several generations of the Smith family. [4]