You may have heard of Monkey Shoulder scotch before, but do you know where the term โMonkey Shoulderโ is derived from? Check out the Haiku below. Single Malt or Blended Malt whiskies are made from barley. Malted barley to be specific. And if youโre not sure how the malting process works, but it can be broken down into three main steps: steeping, germination, and drying. The grain is put into warm water to steep, tricking it into thinking it has…
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On this week’s episode of Whiskey Muse, I explore the lesser known category of BLENDED MALTS. Formerly known as Vatted Malts or Pure Malts (in Scotland) at least, these drams are a category that…
