For some reason I can't understand, the notification of this meeting did
not get added to the Meetings Card. However the text is as below and I
have added a flyer to the web site at http://www.rss-manchester.org.
Please feel free to download this and publicise. This is a technically
interesting meeting with a pleasant aftertaste...
RSS MANCHESTER LOCAL GROUP MEETING
Wednesday 16th April at 5.00pm, tea at 4.30 (!)
Manchester Metropolitan University,
John Dalton Building (opposite the BBC), Oxford Road, Room E32
Classification of Single Malt Whiskies
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David Wishart, Department of Management, University of St. Andrews
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, Bruichladdich, Glendronach,
Glenfarclas, Glengoyne, Highland Park and Tullibardine.
Further information also from: www.whiskyclassified.com
John Logsdon
Secretary
RSS Manchester Local Group
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