What specific courses\/modules did the September attendees study? How\u00a0and why were those topics chosen? Who’s to teach those courses?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Diploma in Single Malt Whisky consists of 7 modules: The Historical Development of Whisky and Distillation, The Business of Whisky, The Raw Materials, The Batch Distillation Process, The Maturation Process, Sensory Aspects and World Whiskies.
\nThe first 2 modules are delivered as pre-course reading, with the remaining 5 being taught over 2 days at Arniston House.\u00a0 These modules cover the key areas that we believe are necessary for this diploma.<\/p>\n
Our course lecturer is Vic Cameron, who has worked in the industry for over 25 years. Vic is currently Lecturer of Whisky at the UHI, committee member of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky School, Technical Manager for the UK NIR Grain Network and founder of Discerning Spirits. He has taught at a variety of events including the Orkney Science Festival and Holland\u2019s first ever whisky school. Vic\u00a0 has also contributed his vast industry knowledge to the diplomas content.<\/p>\n
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Are the new diploma courses designed for students showing all levels\u00a0of whisky knowledge or does it require a “whisky basics” background to\u00a0get involved?<\/strong><\/p>\nOur current diploma courses are aimed at candidates who know the whisky basics.\u00a0 However, on our September course we had a few people with no previous knowledge of whisky.\u00a0 They worked extremely hard and managed to keep pace with the schedule.\u00a0 \u00a0So whilst I would recommend to all candidates to gain an element of knowledge pre-course, for those who this isn\u2019t possible then the diploma is achievable as long as you are prepared to put the hours in!<\/p>\n
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Your recent press release said “The diploma is the first in a series\u00a0of short courses with further diplomas in the Art of Tasting Whisky\u00a0<\/span>and Blended Whiskies that are scheduled to follow early next year”<\/em> –\u00a0could you please give us more details about the upcoming courses\u00a0(dates, content, prices etc.)?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nDetails of the future diplomas will be distributed towards the end of the year.\u00a0 At the moment these diplomas are still under development, but we are hoping to have one launch in early 2017 and the other mid-2017.<\/p>\n
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How do you see the future for the EWA? How do you picture the Academy\u00a0in 5\/10 years time?<\/strong>
\nGosh, that\u2019s a tough one\u2026right now my main focus is on achieving accreditation for the next 2 diplomas and bringing them to market.\u00a0 Thereafter who knows?!
\nI hope to welcome many people through the doors of the academy over the next 5 years and benefitting them with increased whisky knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edinburgh Whisky Academy is a new centre of learning launched to fill a vital gap in Scotch whisky education. Diplomas are said to offer participants the chance to gain a professional qualification that is fully accredited by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. “They are brand-neutral, in-depth and, quite simply, one of a kind”. I talked to founder, managing director and fellow whisky lady Kirsty McKerrow …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[280],"tags":[44,924,923,372,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6044"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6053,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6044\/revisions\/6053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}