THE WATER OF LIFE The main ingredient in malt whisky is, as the name indicates, malt. Malt is barley that has been allowed to sprout for about one week and is what the trade calls “malted”. To stop it sprouting, the malt is then kilned using burning peat – the heat and smoke from which imbues the whisky with its characteristic smoked taste. Read more >>
RUM FOR LIFE No rum without sugar. It's as simple as that. Because rum is made from sugar cane – usually from the vast sugar cane plantations found on the islands of the Caribbean. The sugar cane is crushed and soaked in water, and the resulting thick syrup - molasses – is first thinned and then fermented. Read more >>