The culmination of our studies and work all week long came together on graduation day. We wrote our test, took it up as a group and our marks were revealed to us. Our class all passed. We were the second graduating class of 2013. I graduated from Whisky School on my 45th birthday. My friend… Read More »
We had some spare time to spend between sessions, so we wandered back to the Still House, this was where all the magic happens. The smell of the mash and wort tuns kept drawing me back. We said all along, how friendly, knowledgeable and gracious the staff were. They truly suffered fools gladly. They answered all our… Read More »
Starting at the beginning is usually the best place to start, right? When I enrolled in Whisky School, I thought the first lesson was to prepare the barley for malting, because that is how you start the process, right? Yes, but… that is not how it fits into the production cycle. The school as to… Read More »
Each day at Springbank is a new adventure for us, we get to learn something new about distillery operations every time we report for duty. On the docket today was steeping the barley, transferring whisky to the casks, warehousing the newly filled casks, turning the malted barley into a mash, and observing the finer points… Read More »
I travelled with my friend Doug to attend Whisky School in Campbeltown, Scotland at the Springbank distillery. Not only is this trip about the about the destination, it is also about the journey. Campbeltown is located on the west coast of Scotland, on the Kintyre peninsula. There are two other classmates, one from Sweden and… Read More »