BSFocus on Whisky

BSFocus on Whisky

  THURSDAY
8.00 AM Welcoming
8.30 AM Irene Baxter: What’s in a name? Legal definitions of Scotch Whisky and some other whiskies.
8.50 AM Douglas Murray: The whisky process and the flavour creating steps.
9.30 AM David Thomson: How Annandale Distillery used sensory profiling to develop a distillery process to produce a unique Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
10.15 AM Karine Kormann: Whisky unveiled: The chemistry behind every sip.
Tasting
 
11.00 AM Break
11.15 AM Binod Maitin: Key Aroma and flavours of Whiskies : Flavourists’ Perspective
12:00 PM Marco Cardin: Exploring Aroma: a case study on traditional whisky and accelerating-aging spirit.
Tasting
12:30 PM Irene Baxter: Understanding and measuring whisky flavour: The role (and challenges) of sensory analysis.
Tasting
1.10 PM Lunch
2.00 PM Kami Newton: Rethinking nose-palate-finish: Are sensory assessments due an update
2:45 PM Spencer Hyman: Chocolate and whisky tasting.
Tasting
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM The Johnnie Walker Whisky Experience
7:00 PM

Whisky pairing dinner - Scotch Malt Whisky Society 

Bill Littlejohn award ceremony with Craig Duckham

Meal 7:00-9:30
Tasting 9:45 – 10:45

Departure at 11:30

  FRIDAY
8:30 AM Departure from Edinburgh (Johnnie Wlaker, Price Street)
10:00 AM

Glenkinchie Distillery visit, attendees will be split into four groups.

Group 1: 10:00-11:30

Group 2: 10:20-11:50

Group 3: 10:40-12:10

Group 4: 11:00-12:30

Whisky flavour creations will be evaluated by our judges.

12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Bus leaving the distillery to Edinburgh