whisky
The raw materials required for the production of Malt Whisky are barley, water and yeast. The production process can be broken down into five stages. MALTING First the barley is MALTED, that is the barley is germinated to convert the starches in each grain into a simple sugar. Distillers look for plump, ripe barley with plenty of starch and not too much nitrogen. Barley is a food cereal similar to wheat and oats. It has always been the primary raw material for conversion to malt. The preference for barley over other cereals is undoubtedly the fact that the corn or seed is covered with a straw-like husk that is not removed by threshing and protects the grain during the process stages in malting. The husk subsequently serves as a filter in the mashing operations. The origin of the barley is not important. Although Scottish barley is considered to be the most suitable, due to the soil and climatic conditions, there is not enough to satisfy the industry d...