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Fuel oil (or some other form of energy) is a key component in making whisky. It is used to heat the water that is mixed with the ground malted barley (called the grist) to make a mash (of barley and hot water) from which a malted barley liquid (called the wort) is then drained.

Fuel oil (or some other form of energy) is used to heat 2 types of pot stills that are used in sequence. The first still is called the ‘wash still’ and is used to distil the wash. The distilled wash (called low wines) is then distilled again in the second still, the spirit still. After the second distillation the spirit (called new make) will be clear in colour, and in the region of 70 degrees of alcohol in strength.

With our model of Whisky Making we want to provide an open, transparent process which removes the need for any unnecessary marketing hype; the model will also encourage each Whisky Maker’s work to be scrutinised by others (some of whom will be experts in their field), and thus invite greater collaboration.