Edinburgh: Looking for Scotland’s Water of Life—Whisky

In the eyes of Scots, whisky is their indispensable “Water of Life”, which originates from its Gaelic: uisce beatha (Water of Life).

Release time : 2018-12-21 15:12:55

source : This Is Edinburgh

explore the whisky flavor that you love. After the tour, you can also select one and bring it home as a memory and your collection or share it with your family and friends.

Another choice for the real small group of experts is the Single Malt Scotch Whisky. The single barrel whisky, placed in bottles when shipping, comes from the same brewery and the same oak barrel, makes different flavors because of the differences between whisky barrels in storage as well as reasons such as the differences of temperature, humidity, and other reasons when the liquid is stored.

Why is the single barrel whisky only for a so “small group”? Because there are only more than 200 bottles with the same flavor in the whole world. After all, there is only one barrel in the world. It is extremely difficult to find the whisky that has the same Scottish flavor elsewhere. Since the amount is so little, the label of each bottle always bears the mark of the number of the barrel, and the number of it among the hundreds of bottles. Many of the label numbers are hand-written, bearing the signature of the whisky brewer. It is very precious.

Several crazy fans of whisky from Edinburgh happened to taste the single barrel whisky produced by Glenfarclas Distillery, a time-honored distillery in Scotland. This whisky completely differs from the ones they have tasted in any bar or shop. Immediately, the aromatic liquid began dancing on the tips of their tongues.

If you wish to have a taste of the authentic single barrel whisky, you had better visit the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. Although the society needs membership access, its Kaleidoscope Bar located at 28 Queen Street of New Town in Edinburgh is open to the public. Member or not, you can drink whisky at the bar.

If you wish to learn about different kinds of whisky with special flavors, you may attend the tasting meeting that the society organizes. The professional whisky ambassador of Kaleidoscope Bar will help you pick up the