Complex, Yet So Smooth

摘要

When you think of whiskey-making, it's easy to picture a pair of Scottish greybeards, nursing a battered copper kettle in a rocky, mountainside cave. While that image has a lot of romance, today's distillers use modern technology and chemical knowledge to create rich, smooth whiskies like Canadian Mist.rnThe basic ingredients are the same now as they were then: Grain and pure, sweet water. At the Canadian Mist distillery in Colling-wood, Ontario, the water comes from sparkling Georgian Bay. Corn, locally sourced when possible, is ground into grist, mixed with that water and boiled under pressure. This breaks down the cellulose cell walls of the grain to release the starch within in a process called gelatinization. Meanwhile, barley is allowed to germinate, then dried and ground.