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A sweet liquid is formed and yeast is added to it. This liquid is put into stills to ferment for some days. The next stage is distillation, in which the distillers skills are crucial to determine when the product is ready. It is put into barrels to mature for years, until it is either sold pure or mixed with other malts. </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " class="bodytext">The complete process is carried out in accordance with high quality standards, so that the final result is always the same. This means that the whisky bottled five years ago must have the same flavour as the whisky bottled yesterday and of the one which will be bottled within ten years.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; " class="bodytext"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif; line-height: 15px; ">Scotch whiskies get their flavor in part from the air in the locations where they are stored during aging, mostly near the sea; <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-align: left; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal; ">Scotch must be matured in oak barrels of a capacity not exceeding 700 liters. </span></span></span> </p> <p class="bodytext"><span style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: bold; ">Alcohol (ABV):</span> </p> <p class="bodytext" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; ">40-50% (80 to 100 proof)</p> <p class="bodytext" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; ">To read more about Scotch Whisky, click <a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/drinks-of-the-world/in-europe/scotland/scotch-whisky.html" title="Opens internal link in current window" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/res/accessibilityicons/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />here</a>.</p></div><div id="c5326" class="csc-default"><div class="csc-header csc-header-n2"><h2>Types of Scotch Whisky</h2></div><h2><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits/whisky/scotch-whisky/malt-scotch-whisky.html" title="Opens internal link in current window" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/res/accessibilityicons/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />Malt Scotch Whisky</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits/whisky/scotch-whisky/grain-scotch-whisky.html" title="Opens internal link in current window" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/res/accessibilityicons/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />Grain Scotch Whisky</a></h2> <h2><a href="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/spirits/whisky/scotch-whisky/blended-scotch-whisky.html" title="Opens internal link in current window" target="_top" class="internal-link"><img src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3/sysext/rtehtmlarea/res/accessibilityicons/img/internal_link.gif" alt="" />Blended Scotch Whisky</a></h2></div></div> <div id="guestbook"><div class="tx-rvtcocktails-pi2"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cleardiv"></div> </div> <img class="right clear" src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/fileadmin/templates/gfx/contentfoot.png" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="skyscraper"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">_uacct = "UA-203163-11";urchinTracker();</script> <script src="http://www.cocktailsoftheworld.com/typo3temp/javascript_c1fba155d7.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>