Going to Scotland 2025

Procrastination and Whisky (by Luzie, Ffion and Rain) Our day began much later than yesterday, well … for some. Our class was divided into two groups for today's activity. The first group got up and walked to Oban's distillery at 10:15 while the lucky group stayed in the comforts of their beds a little longer, except for the brave who decided to go for a morning run along the shores of Oban. Then, an hour after the first group, it was time for the second group to wander into the world of whisky production. Our nice tour guides showed and taught us the Scottish way of producing whisky from the very beginning of the barley grain to whisky hitting your local liquor store shelves. First the barley arrives at the distillery and get sorted and prepared, after that it gets “power washed” and filtered for 9 hours from 6AM until 3PM. Then the molten barley gets repurposed for animal feed among other things. The liquid that comes out of the power wash gets mixed with yeast and put into f...