The Malt Masterclass is designed for people who are already interested in and knowledgeable about Scotch whisky, and who wish to extend their knowledge to matters which have until now been regarded as the province of the professional. Although the Malt Masterclass is not a beginners guide, it will be comprehensible to anyone who has a basic grasp of how alcoholic liquors are produced. The Masterclass Diploma Course is for those who wish to have direct, practical experience of the matters which are described in the Malt Masterclass; who wish to visit the distilleries, the maltings and the warehouses; to see for themselves the country and to meet the people. The Introduction to the Masterclass is for people who wish to have an enjoyable and informative experience of malt whisky, and who may wish to progress to a Masterclass at a later date. The Masterclass Tastings are mainly for fun, though they are designed to enure that anyone who pays attention to what is said and the whiskies it is said about, will leave better-informed as well as illuminated. The Full Malty is a convivial whisky tasting for women: for those women who wish to be able to hold their own in what until now has been regarded as a male-only pursuit, or merely for those women who wish to get the most out of malts they have tried and like. The course can be delivered either at the introductory or the connoisseurs level. The content of the talk and the tasting are oriented in terms of values more likely to be held by female tasters than the categories which men will bring to malt whisky. While the intent is serious, the Full Malty is intended to be highly enjoyable and to go a little way toward redressing the gender imbalance which prevails among malt whisky enthusiasts. |
