Vic Cameron, one of our whisky lecturers says: “A barrel is a type of cask. It’s used for making bourbon, holds 200 litres of spirit and is always made from American oak. There are lots of different types of casks: barrels, hogsheads, puncheons, butts, for example. So, all these are different types of casks.”

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Diagram: Whisky Warehousing Systems

Once a cask is filled with new make spirit, it must be matured for a minimum of three years before it can be called Scotch whisky. How is the spirit stored? This post explains the three types of warehousing systems used in Scotland.📖  Read the Post

Why Learn About Whisky?

We brought together a group of whisky experts and asked them why whisky is such a fascinating topic for study. Our teachers Vic Cameron and Dr Gordon Steele spoke with Fionnán O’Connor (Irish whiskey historian), Michael Walsh (Irish whiskey consultant), Jenny Karlsson (Ardnamurchan Distillery), Scott Sneddon (InchDairnie Distillery) and Andy Colman (Port of Leith Distillery).

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