ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY
EDINBURGH LOCAL GROUP MEETING
Tuesday 3 December 2002, 6pm in the International Centre for
Mathematical Sciences, 14 India Street, Edinburgh.
(http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/icms/)
Refreshments will be available from 5.30pm.
David Wishart, Department of Management, University of St. Andrews
Classification of Single Malt Whiskies
A thousand tasting notes were reviewed for 86 single malt whiskies, from
which a vocabulary of 500 aromatic and taste descriptors was compiled and a
standardised flavour profile of 12 sensory features developed. The
principal malt whiskies of all the Scottish distilleries were then profiled
and clustered into ten groups according to flavour, and 3 industry surveys
were conducted to test the new classification which is now fully endorsed by
the producers.
The results have been published in "Whisky Classified: Choosing Single Malts
by Flavour", the first book to classify single malt whiskies by flavour. It
is a consumer-friendly guide that takes the confusion and guesswork out of
whisky-buying, and aims to help the novice or present-buyer make the right
purchase of Scotland's national drink. It is also an interesting
application of statistical methodology for a non-statistical readership.
The talk covers the history of whisky in Scotland and how the production and
maturation processes influence the flavour. It concludes with a taste of
Ardbeg, Glenfiddich, Glengoyne, Macallan, Highland Park and Scapa.
RSS Edinburgh Local Group: http://www.bioss.ac.uk/rss/
Non-members welcome. Please forward this email to any other parties who
may find such a meeting of interest, but are not members of this list.
Thanks.
Dave Signorini
Chair, Edinburgh Local Group
(http://www.bioss.ac.uk/rss/)
Tel: +44 7974 958 445
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