No, “making whisky” is not a new plan of mine…

In an article in the English newspaper The Guardian, they explain how whisky is made right from the very beginning — what steps there are, what influences matter, and so on. It’s in English, but that doesn’t take away from the fun:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2010/aug/23/science-art-whisky-making

Of course, everything in that article is simplified a bit so that people without a chemistry background can understand it. More reading material is, of course, available in various whisky books, magazines, and on the internet!