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The 2009 regulations changed the formal definition of blended Scotch whisky to achieve this result, but in a way that reflected traditional and current practice: before the 2009 SWR, any combination of Scotch whiskies qualified as a blended Scotch whisky, including for example a blend of single malt Scotch whiskies.
Finishing (also known as double matured or wood-finished) is the procedure that some whiskies undergo where the spirit is matured in a cask of a particular origin and then spends time in a cask of different origin (from a couple of months up to the entire maturation [citation needed]) Typically, the first cask is an American oak cask formerly used to mature bourbon.
The whiskey was "distilled in a single distillery (ASW) using a pot stilled distillation process made from a mash of malted grain", which reviewers describe as the "like a marriage of bourbon and Scotch — a good entry point for Scotch newbies." [15] Duality Double Malt is a whiskey distilled from 50% malted rye and 50% cherry-smoked malted ...
First, let’s get the terminology straight, blended scotch is composed of malt and grain whisky that is produced at different distilleries, as opposed to a single malt which is made from 100 ...
In September 1980, the legendary author Kingsley Amis wrote an essay for Food & Wine called "Scotch: The Water of Life." Obviously, some information about the availability and popularity of Scotch ...
A blended whiskey (or blended whisky) is the product of blending different types of whiskeys and sometimes also neutral spirits, colorings, and flavorings.It is generally the product of mixing one or more higher-quality straight or single malt whiskey with less expensive spirits and other ingredients.
The "malt" part of the term refers to the use of a malted grain to make the whisky. In Scotch whisky, this grain is required to be barley.Outside Scotland, whisky is produced from other malted grains, such as malted rye, [3] and the term "rye malt whisky" is specifically recognized along with (barley-based) malt whisky in the code of federal regulations for whisky in the United States.
The Classic Malts of Scotland [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] is a selection of six single malt whiskies, launched and marketed together in 1988 by United Distillers and Vintners ...