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Whisky Jargon

As a Friend, do you ever find you’re lost for words when discussing your malts? Well, now there’s no need to worry. We’ve collected some handy definitions so you can become fluent in (nearly) all things Classic Malts. Simply click on your chosen word to understand what it means.

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Heart of the run

Heart of the run

This is it – the perfect part of the run. It is the second fraction (part) of the distilled alcohol from the spirit sill - between the Foreshot and the Feints - which is collected, ready to be matured into whisky.