United Kingdom · Fermentation craft; Distilling; Scottish heritage
Master Blender — Maturation Nosing
The master blender's maturation nose assessment — the evaluation of matured Scotch whisky cask samples through nosing to determine readiness for bottling or further maturation. Where the stillman (CRAFT-1331) reads the spirit at new make (before maturation), the master blender reads the matured spirit after years in oak cask — assessing the integration of spirit character with wood extractives through a nosing protocol that is the highest expression of the Scotch whisky quality tradition and the tacit knowledge system that determines what every blended Scotch whisky tastes like.
Risk level: Stable · Within the Scotch whisky tradition on the UK national heritage inventory
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