Casks resting on Jura. Whisky loses roughly 2 per cent of its volume a year to evaporation, the angel's share. Leave a cask for a decade and a fifth has drifted off into the air. Photo: Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Copper pot stills do real work. Copper pulls sulphur compounds out of the spirit and keeps it lighter. Look at the neck of a still: tall and slim tends to make a lighter spirit, short and squat a heavier one. Photo: Cmyk4317, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Caol Ila on the shore of the Sound of Islay. Islay distilleries sit right at the water, and many believe the sea air finds its way into the casks. Whether or not that explains the brine in the glass, it is a great place to start. Which Islay was your first? Photo: Andrew Spenceley , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
