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SUMMER HIGHBALLS WITH LAUREN MOTE
Owner at Bittered Sling, World Class Winner (2015) and Diageo’s Global Cocktailian, Lauren Mote, takes us around the world in 2 whisky highballs to showcase how creative you can get with whisky when it’s warm out.
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THE SCIENCE OF SMOKE IN COCKTAILS
Increasingly used in cocktail recipes but often misunderstood, smoke is a versatile and valuable element to use in cocktails and especially with whisky bases.
We look at how the team at Johnnie Walker impart the celebrated signature smoke characteristics to their whiskies and consider how best to use smoke in cocktails.
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BEHIND THE BARREL: AN INTERVIEW WITH EMMA WALKER
<p>Emma Walker is an expert whisky maker at Johnnie Walker – one of a small team of 12 craftsmen and women in Scotland tasked with the pursuit of blending excellence. After nearly 11 years at Johnnie Walker, we talk to Emma about a career in chemistry, changing whisky consumption and what it’s like to be a female whisky maker in the modern industry.
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PART TWO: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WHISKY REGIONS OF SCOTLAND
<p><em style="background-color: initial;">In the second of our </em><a style="background-color: initial;"><em>two-part series</em></a><em style="background-color: initial;"><em> we continue our tour of the whisky regions of Scotland with Johnnie Walker Global Brand Ambassador, </em></em><i style="background-color: initial;"><a href="https://www.diageobaracademy.com/en_zz/training/meet_our_experts/industry-leaders/tom_jones/"><em>Tom Jones</em></a><em>.</em></i></p><p><em><em>This time around, our intrepid explorer will guide us to another two corners of Scotland to examine more regions and distilleries Johnnie Walker draws from. Tom will lead us through the Lowlands, sharing a little local history and distillation knowledge, before heading north to explore Speyside and its wonderful whiskies.</em></em></p>
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SUMMER HIGHBALLS WITH LAUREN MOTE
Owner at Bittered Sling, World Class Winner (2015) and Diageo’s Global Cocktailian, Lauren Mote, takes us around the world in 2 whisky highballs to showcase how creative you can get with whisky when it’s warm out.
Read article
THE SCIENCE OF SMOKE IN COCKTAILS
Increasingly used in cocktail recipes but often misunderstood, smoke is a versatile and valuable element to use in cocktails and especially with whisky bases.
We look at how the team at Johnnie Walker impart the celebrated signature smoke characteristics to their whiskies and consider how best to use smoke in cocktails.
Read article
BEHIND THE BARREL: AN INTERVIEW WITH EMMA WALKER
<p>Emma Walker is an expert whisky maker at Johnnie Walker – one of a small team of 12 craftsmen and women in Scotland tasked with the pursuit of blending excellence. After nearly 11 years at Johnnie Walker, we talk to Emma about a career in chemistry, changing whisky consumption and what it’s like to be a female whisky maker in the modern industry.
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PART TWO: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WHISKY REGIONS OF SCOTLAND
<p><em style="background-color: initial;">In the second of our </em><a style="background-color: initial;"><em>two-part series</em></a><em style="background-color: initial;"><em> we continue our tour of the whisky regions of Scotland with Johnnie Walker Global Brand Ambassador, </em></em><i style="background-color: initial;"><a href="https://www.diageobaracademy.com/en_zz/training/meet_our_experts/industry-leaders/tom_jones/"><em>Tom Jones</em></a><em>.</em></i></p><p><em><em>This time around, our intrepid explorer will guide us to another two corners of Scotland to examine more regions and distilleries Johnnie Walker draws from. Tom will lead us through the Lowlands, sharing a little local history and distillation knowledge, before heading north to explore Speyside and its wonderful whiskies.</em></em></p>
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