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    • E-pistle #18/02 – Another Look at Oak
    • E-pistle #18/03 – Glen Albyn Distillery Profile
    • E-pistle #18/04 – Musings about the Original Question – Part 3: Scotland
    • E-pistle #18/05 – Spirit of Speyside Festival 2006 Report
    • E-pistle #18/06 – Glencraig Distillery Profile
    • E-pistle #18/07 – An Interview with George Grant
    • E-pistle #18/08 – 1.618 & The Da Vinci Dram
    • E-pistle #18/09 – Glen Flagler / Killyloch Distillery Profile
    • E-pistle #18/10 – The Art of Blending Prune Wine & Whisky
    • E-pistle #18/11 – Maniacal Tasting in Ingooigem
    • E-pistle #18/12 – Glenglassaugh Distillery Profile
    • E-pistle #18/13 – The Whiskey World In The Wild, Wild, West!
    • E-pistle #18/14 – Never Forget To Get Rid Of Your Receipt
    • E-pistle #18/15 – Glen Keith Distillery Profile
    • E-pistle #18/16 – An Interview with Billy Walker
    • E-pistle #18/17 – Glenlochy Distillery Profile
    • E-pistle #18/18 – The Secret Bottler
    • E-pistle #18/19 – Glen Mhor Distillery Profile
    • E-pistle #18/20 – Kate Bush Distilled
    • E-pistle #18/21 – Sulphur
    • E-pistle 2007/001 – Concerns of a German Whisky Lover
    • E-pistle 2007/002 – An Indian’s perspective on Scotch Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/003 – A Whisky Lover in a ‘Dry’ Town
    • E-pistle 2007/004 – The ‘Cask Fondling’ Phenomenon
    • E-pistle 2007/005 – A Dozen Delightful ‘2006’ Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/006 – The Italian Whisky Mafia
    • E-pistle 2007/007 – Whisky Live South Africa 2006 – Cape Town
    • E-pistle 2007/008 – Whisky Live South Africa 2006 – Johannesburg
    • E-pistle 2007/009 – My ‘2006’ Scotland Trip
    • E-pistle 2007/010 – An Introduction to Japanese Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/011 – Big (Malts) in Japan
    • E-pistle 2007/012 – A Different View on Finishing
    • E-pistle 2007/013 – Old Ledaigs; Some Favourite Dark Horses
    • E-pistle 2007/014 – Whisky Development during 2 World Wars
    • E-pistle 2007/015 – Half A Dozen Disposable Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/016 – Typical Indian Tastes in Scotch Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/017 – The Night They Lost Their Virginity
    • E-pistle 2007/018 – A Dozen & One Diabolical Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/019 – Ask an Anorak: Cask Fondling
    • E-pistle 2007/020 – Serge’s Simple Tasting Tips
    • E-pistle 2007/021 – Bourbon Country’s Dynamite Dozen
    • E-pistle 2007/022 – Whisky in Wisconsin in 2007
    • E-pistle 2007/023 – Whiskyfest New York 2006
    • E-pistle 2007/024 – Lomond Stills & The Oil Enigma
    • E-pistle 2007/025 – Half A Dozen Dissonant Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/026 – Collecting in Belgium
    • E-pistle 2007/027 – Half a Dozen Annually Released Port Ellens
    • E-pistle 2007/028 – Malts in Monk’s Cafe
    • E-pistle 2007/029 – Do the Scots deserve their reputation?
    • E-pistle 2007/030 – Whisky Glasses; a Study
    • E-pistle 2007/031 – Does your glass affect your dram?
    • E-pistle 2007/032 – Oliver’s Travels; Three Chimneys Restaurant
    • E-pistle 2007/033 – A Dozen Disposable Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/034 – Book Review: How to Blend Scotch Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/035 – Spring Stunner Alerts
    • E-pistle 2007/036 – An Interview with Andy Watts
    • E-pistle 2007/037 – A Dozen Drifting Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/038 – Prohibition & the Scotch Whisky Industry
    • E-pistle 2007/039 – Independent Port Ellens
    • E-pistle 2007/040 – The Benefits of Adding Water Your Dram
    • E-pistle 2007/041 – Diluting Water Tasting
    • E-pistle 2007/042 – Oliver’s Travels; The Summer Isle Restaurant
    • E-pistle 2007/043 – Book Review: The Social History of Bourbon
    • E-pistle 2007/044 – The Fossil Record in Antarctica
    • E-pistle 2007/045 – Mega – Macallan Tasting in Australia
    • E-pistle 2007/046 – Glengoyne Ultimate Challenge
    • E-pistle 2007/047 – Limburg Whisky Fair 2007
    • E-pistle 2007/048 – A Dozen Dependable Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/049 – Ask an Anorak: Bottle Oxidation
    • E-pistle 2007/050 – Paxarete, the unloved saviour of sherry casks?
    • E-pistle 2007/051 – Whyte & Mallya
    • E-pistle 2007/052 – Olivier’s Travels; Les Trois Rois, Basel
    • E-pistle 2007/053 – Book Review: Wort, Worms & Washbacks
    • E-pistle 2007/054 – Victoria Whisky Festival Report
    • E-pistle 2007/055 – A Dozen Diverse Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/056 – The Why & How of Rating Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/057 – A Whisky Weekend to Remember
    • E-pistle 2007/058 – Classifications of Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/059 – A Dozen Canadian Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/060 – What we see in Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/061 – Classic Malts Cruise 2007
    • E-pistle 2007/062 – Olivier’s Travels; The Seaforth, Ullapool
    • E-pistle 2007/063 – Book Review: Malt Whisky Companion
    • E-pistle 2007/064 – Old Friends & Older Friends
    • E-pistle 2007/065 – Benriach; from Sleeping Giant to Shooting Star
    • E-pistle 2007/066 – Triple Blind Tasting
    • E-pistle 2007/067 – The Influence of Wood on Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/068 – A Dozen Dewar Rattray Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/069 – The Road to Bremerhaven
    • E-pistle 2007/070 – Analogies between Wine & Whisky
    • E-pistle 2007/071 – Whisky & White Gloves
    • E-pistle 2007/072 – Olivier’s Travels; L’Ami Louis, Paris
    • E-pistle 2007/073 – Book Review: Whisky Tales
    • E-pistle 2007/074 – Recently Released ‘Stunners’
    • E-pistle 2007/075 – Whisky Live Paris 2007 Report
    • E-pistle 2007/076 – A Dozen Deutsch Drams
    • E-pistle 2007/077 – Xenomaltology; St George (California, USA)
    • E-pistle 2007/078 – Extra Book Review; The Business of Spirits
    • E-pistle 2007/079 – A Speyside Sojourn
    • E-pistle 2008/01 – The Best Whiskies of 2007
    • E-pistle 2008/02 – Olivier’s Travels; Glenmoriston Town House, Inverness
    • E-pistle 2008/03 – Book Review: Handbook of Whisky
    • E-pistle 2008/04 – Xenomaltology; Charbay (California, USA)
    • E-pistle 2008/05 – Ardbeg Double Barrel; An Actual Tasting Report
    • E-pistle 2008/06 – A Minion’s Muse
    • E-pistle 2008/07 – Ports of Call
    • E-pistle 2008/08 – Interview with Moritz Kallmeyer of Drayman’s Brewery
    • E-pistle 2008/09 – My Most Memorable Visit to Scotland
    • E-pistle 2008/10 – Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
    • E-pistle 2008/11 – The Latest (and Blackest?) Bowmore
    • E-pistle 2008/12 – Book Review: Whisky With Dinner
    • E-pistle 2008/13 – Responsible Drinking
    • E-pistle 2008/14 – A Dozen Recent Duncan Taylor Bottlings
    • E-pistle 2008/15 – What’s In A Word?
    • E-pistle 2008/16 – (Sort of a) Book Review: The Malt Whisky File
    • E-pistle 2008/17 – CioccolaTò Report 2008
    • E-pistle 2008/18 – Mega-Macallan Tasting (Flight 2)
    • E-pistle 2008/19 – Glenfarclas Family Casks : The Saga goes on
    • E-pistle 2008/20 – What’s ‘Modern’ Whisky?
    • E-pistle 2008/21 – Thomas Dewar, A Biography
    • E-pistle 2008/22 – An Interview with Duncan Taylor’s Euan Shand
    • E-pistle 2008/23 – One Man’s Mascara is another Man’s Single Malt
    • E-pistle 2008/24 – How To Speak Whisky
    • E-pistle 2008/25 – Cutty Sark: A Scantily-Clad Witch
    • E-pistle 2008/26 – Bert’s Summer Stunners Report
    • E-pistle 2008/27 – Springbank Whisky School 2008
    • E-pistle 2009/01 – SWA; the Scotch Wankers Association *
    • E-pistle 2009/02 – Do You Believe in Bottle Maturation?
    • E-pistle 2009/03 – The Chemistry of Water & Whisky
    • E-pistle 2009/04 – My Best Whiskies of 2008
    • E-pistle 2009/05 – Fruit Flies or Peat Flies?
    • E-pistle 2009/06 – A Dozen Chaotic Drams
    • E-pistle 2009/07 – Politics, Religion & Whisk(e)y in America
    • E-pistle 2009/08 – For Sake’s Sake
    • E-pistle 2009/09 – Today’s Whisky Climate
    • E-pistle 2009/10 – Spreading The Word
    • E-pistle 2009/11 – Streah MTAESMT – A Gourmet’s Delight
    • E-pistle 2009/12 – Ardbeggeddon Ten
    • E-pistle 2009/13 – Adventures in Taste Perversion
    • E-pistle 2009/14 – A Sulphury Discussion
    • E-pistle 2009/15 – What Is Sherried Whisky?
    • E-pistle 2009/16 – Ask an Anorak: A Sherried Discussion (Part 1)
    • E-pistle 2009/17 – Macallan Masters of Photography
    • E-pistle 2009/18 – An Interview with Stuart Nickerson
    • E-pistle 2009/19 – Astar Trek
    • E-pistle 2009/20 – Victoria Whisky Festival 2009
    • E-pistle 2009/21 – Vienna Whisky Fair
    • E-pistle 2009/22 – Summer Speysides and Friends
    • E-pistle 2009/23 – Truths & Observations about Scotch Whisky
    • E-pistle 2009/24 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wine Tasting
    • E-pistle 2009/25 – Matching Dogs With Whisky
    • E-pistle 2009/26 – Pairing Whisk(e)y with a Great Meal
    • E-pistle 2009/27 – It’s Summer And That Means Tequila!
    • E-pistle 2009/28 – Where Does a Specific Taste Come From?
    • E-pistle 2009/30 – Tripping Down Memory Lane
    • E-pistle 2009/31 – Commotion At The Collecting House
    • E-pistle 2009/32 – From Whisky Scorer to Juror: Part 1
    • E-pistle 2009/33 – Stunning Wines, Stupendous Whiskies
    • E-pistle 2009/34 – Book Review: Whisky & Philosophy
    • E-pistle 2009/35 – Black, White & Gold Bowmores
    • E-pistle 2009/36 – South Africa’s First Single Grain
    • E-pistle 2009/37 – The Colouring & Filtering Experiment
    • E-pistle 2009/38 – Confessions of a Swiss Malt Maniac
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E-pistle 2012-01: The Taste of Chill-Filtration

Foreign Correspondent Mathew Fergusson-Stewart from Singapore sent us this highly interesting and potentially controversial report about an experiment he made.

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This entry was posted in News on January 19, 2012 by Oliver.

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