Information & Advice

A Tribute to Nicolas Potel

I have no idea how this terrible news escaped me, but it was only yesterday that I discovered that Nicolas Potel tragically passed away last month.

Malt whisky is generally distilled twice in copper pot stills, but it can be triple distilled or even distilled in a column still, but for the sake of this article, I’m just looking at double distillation.

Here’s a question for you. Do you know what the age statement means on your favourite bottles of whisky? It may seem like a daft question to ask but according to research commission by Chivas Brothers in July 2010 only 10% of you know that it refers to the youngest whisky in the bottle. Armed with this information Chivas Brothers launched a campaign called ‘Age Matters’. The blurb stated that ‘The aim of the campaign is to enable consumers to understand fully the age statement and to appreciate the value of the premium product they are purchasing’.

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