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Gregor
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 Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: Scientists Try to Discover What Gives Whisky Its Flavour |
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Saw this on the BBC site.
| Quote: | Scientists in Glasgow are aiming to discover what gives malt whiskies their distinctive flavour.
Researchers at Strathclyde University will focus on the role which oak casks play in determining the flavour.
They will examine the effect of different types of cask by comparing untreated oak to wood which has been heat treated.
The team hopes its findings will allow distillers to more easily control and maintain product quality.
The team, from the university's department of pure and applied chemistry, is conducting the research with the drinks firm Diageo.
'Sustaining quality'
Dr Jim Lewicki, who is leading the research, said: "A lot of the taste from whisky comes from the oak barrels themselves - very little of the taste comes from the distillation of spirit.
"Newly distilled whisky is essentially colourless when it goes into the cask, but when it comes out after several years, it has become golden brown and has collected a number of different flavours.
"We're looking to characterise and replicate, under controlled conditions, aspects of the cask flavouring processes that go on in traditional manufacture of casks and so develop further our knowledge about them.
"This is about sustaining good quality and making it better. If you have a famous brand, connoisseurs expect this." |
Now if they are looking for an experienced taster to help with their research i am available. 
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Charlie
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I have been researching the taste of whisky for many years so i am sure i could help them with there research.
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Finlay
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| Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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I would volunteer my time for free to help them with the tasting, all in the name of science of course.
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