what's the difference

Same process. different water - Peaty water, etc etc.

Approximately !! ;-) Graham

Hi Will

Actually I dont believe that much in whisky regions. Much of the regional differences comes from differences in production methods

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It has been said that if you build a new distillery 100 yards downstream from another and copy the old one all the way the whisky will still be different... Anders

Actually, even the process differs, since stills are shaped & sized differently, so characteristics of distillation can and do differ.

But besides this, and different water and peats that dry the barley in different places, consider AIR. With Islays & other "maritime" malts, salty sea air penetrates the casks during aging, imparting the briny character to what's inside. So if nothing else, this factor is truly a function of region.