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Balvenie Regional categorisation is really a vexed problem in whisky it might be a handy way of grouping distilleries together geographically, but it can be a difficult business pinpointing a stylistic continuity between most of the whiskies in Perthshire or Speyside. But if you cant declare that there is a Speyside model, or isolate certain characteristics which make Speyside the best whisky-making location on the mainland, how do you explain such a focus of distilleries in the region - a part of the Highlands which was, in the early days of whisky, a pretty remote part of the world? Mark Stewart, William Grants grandly-titled Malt Master, is pleased to admit ignorance with this point. All of the quality distilleries are here in this central part of Speyside, he says. Thats the mystery of Scotch, Weve all got highly-sophisticated equipment, but we cant tell what makes the difference. He is convinced what makes Balvenie this kind of considerably different dram to Glenfiddich, though they share the same site and utilize the same malt and water. The smoothness comes from the still. Glenfiddich is coal fired, Balvenie is gas fired. The model of the stills is different Balvenie has larger stills with shorter necks and that is where the flavours change. Perhaps the ten of floor-malted barley helps, but I think it is the photos. Other influential facets include great wood administration and the usage of old dunnage warehouses. Iti not merely age th;ii makes whiiky great, says David. It is age and wood. That underpins his decision to make life interesting or difficult for himself by creating a range where each malt shows a slightly different wood impact. If we were just to age the Founders Reserve and do it being a 12-year-old or even a 15-year-old, we would not see much difference between them. Wed to have a different route, so we finished in sherry butts], [where the malt is aged for a decade in ex-Bourbon barrels and created Double Wood. Then we started doing Single Barrel, and at a greater energy with no chill filtering; then Port Wood and now classic casks. This freedom to experiment is one of the features of Grants family-owned status. In case people want to learn new information about follow us on twitter, we recommend many resources you should think about investigating. We may do things quickly. To compare more, consider checking out scotch stones. Your family is steeped in whisky, but we are encouraged to be modern, we can go against the trend -with the Balvenie variety, or with Black Barrel, where we were determined to make the only simple wheat whisky that basically works. Then Glenfiddich would be Roger McGuinn, when the William Grant portfolio was The Byrds and Balvenie would be Gene Clark, the genius. Mark, as Grants master mixer, is in command of the entire range, from malts to mixes to solitary grain and whisky liqueur, and his particular affection for Balvenie is obvious. We discovered drink stone by browsing books in the library. Visiting website certainly provides tips you should tell your mom. I have now been at Grants for 3-5 years, he says. It is been my only job.