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These Scotch Distilleries Still Malt Their Own Barley, and You Can Taste It

Most Scotch gets made the fast way now. Machines malt the barley. Outside cooperages build the barrels. It’s efficient, and it’s how almost every bottle …

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America Still Loves Milk Chocolate Most, and the Craft Chocolate World Is Just Catching Up

Ask a craft chocolate maker about their bars, and you’ll hear about cacao percentage, bean origin and roast time. What you won’t hear much about …

Whiskey is being poured into a faceted glass on a wooden surface, with wooden barrels blurred in the background.

Some Scotch distilleries still do it the hard way, on purpose

Most Scotch distilleries source their malt from commercial maltsters rather than malt it by hand. A few never got that memo, and they’re still doing …