a good scotch whisky?, page-31

ken,

its all about how you make your mash.

if your making gulping spirit you just throw in anything that forments.. like the russians with their potatoes to make vodka or people who make grappa etc.

it turns out like rocket fule and only pourpos is to be shot not enjoyed.

when you make spirits to be drank and enjoyed then you play around with your recipies on what you mix in your mash to ferment the booze before you destill it.

changing the recipie changes the end taste.

the aging in oak absorbs the harshness and adds flavour, and filtering it through charcoal removes the bad oders.