The Balvenie Whisky Academy

Do you remember those old Sally Struthers commercials for ICS? Y'know, "Do you want to make more money? Sure, we all do." That's how we feel about whisky...sure, we all want to know more about it. That's why we're so excited about the announcement of The Balvenie Whisky Academy, which we heard about from What Does John Know?.

Learn more about the program at his site, but here's a rundown of the modules...they had us at "whisky nitty gritty":

Module 1 - 'The History of Scotch Malt Whisky'

Experts featured: Charles MacLean and Sukhinder Singh of The Whisky Exchange

Module 2 - 'Production of Scotch Malt Whisky'

Experts featured: Richard Lake from Crisp Maltings Group, Marie Stanton, Stuart Watts and David Stewart from The Balvenie, Ian Grant from Glenfiddich and Leslie Gracie from William Grant & Sons

Module 3 - 'Whisky Nitty Gritty'

Experts featured: Eddie Ludlow of The Whisky Lounge, writer Gavin D Smith, The Balvenie Global Ambassador, Sam Simmons and Sukhinder Singh of The Whisky Exchange

Module 4 - 'Nosing and Tasting'

Experts featured: Leslie Gracie, Eddie Ludlow, David Mair, David Stewart and Sam Simmons

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