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He’s a rebel of sorts back home in Scotland and his rebellious streak is also his USP! For more than two decades now,Robert Hicks has been blending Scotch whiskies and in the process developing various brands. Currently,the global brand ambassador for Teachers whisky,Hicks was in the city to introduce his latest creation Teachers Origin. In the past 100 years,this is the fourth time that a new Teachers variant is being introduced, mentioned the affable Hicks,who experimented with malts and grain whiskies over a considerable period of time to come out with the Origin.
The aim was to create a more traditional 19th century style of malt whisky,so I started with a base of Teachers own and our unique Ardmore malt whisky. I then combined this with numerous Speyside and Highland single malts to produce a heavy powerfully flavoured,malt whisky, the master blender explained passionately. To add complexity and subtlety,I added a small amount of grain whisky to enable the dominant malt whisky flavours to be eased and flavour bonds to be loosened allowing multitude of flavours to be more easily appreciated. For the unaware,Hicks emphasises the role of water to make Scotch whisky live up to its name. Scotland is known for its water but in recent years its not snowing as much it should and thats resulted in the water table getting lower. Nevertheless,when we bottle in India we have unique processes that bring the water quality to the exact same taste as that of back home, informed Hicks,who believes there are no rules on how a blend should be put together or how Scotch whisky should be best sipped.
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