April Presentation by Dr. Keith Tomazi on Scotch Whisky

Dr. Keith Tomazi, BS, UMR 1981. Worked at Mallinckrodt 1981-1989 as process engineer. Grad school UMR MS 1991, PhD 1993. Mallinckrodt/SpecGX 1994-2018. R&D Development Engineer, Chemical Engineering Fellow. Founded Reactivity Lab to study runaway reactions. Got to blow things up in the lab (how cool is that!). Also founded crystallization lab. Tomazi Engineering LLC 2019 to Present. Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering and Mathematics. Staff Organist Scottish Rite Cathedral. Enjoys single malt whisky and took expedition to Scotland to help reduce excess inventory. PRESENTATION: The method and regulations for producing single - Malt Scotch whisky will be presented from malting all the way through bottling. A photo essay of each step in the process will be presented. The biochemical reactions for malting, mashing and fermentation will be described. The four principal whisky producing regions will be identified, and the characteristics in terms of flavor and aroma will be noted. A process map, BFD, and (approximate) PFD will be presented. Finally, a tasting will be provided for as many examples of the four regions as the budget will permit. Enjoy!