Details of the Production

These pages will tell you everything about malting, mashing, distilling and the maturation in the cask in full detail.

Schalen mit Getreidekörnern

The starting point of malt whisky production is the barley malt. In the following, you will learn in detail everything about the production from the barley grain, through the processing to the mill.

Maischebottich

Mashing involves soaking the malted and crushed grain in water.

Blick auf einen Gärbottich

Bei der Gärung wandelt sich die Maische unter Zugabe von Hefe zu Alkohol.

chemisches Element Zucker

How is the alcohol produced from the grain?

zwei Reihen Brennblasen

Distillation involves heating the wash in pot stills and ultimately recovering the evaporated liquid as high-proof alcohol after cooling.

2 Brennblasen

Die Brennblase oder Pot Still ist das kupferne Kernstück jeder Brennerei.

Fasslager mit Tomatin Fässern

The barrel in which it matures significantly shapes the taste of the whiskey.