Also Irish is required to have at least some malt in there...
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Yes and that is what gives Scotch it's stronger flavor. It took me years to aquire a taste for Scotch. I love it now.
And it's why Auchentoshan just doesn't taste right lol
Alright you lost me on that one. Lol WTF is Auchentoshan??
One of the few triple distilled Scotches.
(it was a joke, but as it's more delicate than other options, and I'm partial to the Laphroaig and Lagavulin end, ie the polar opposite of delicate, there's some personal truth to it)
That and peat. Scotch is peated. I’d imagine if you made a beer without hops and distilled that, what you’d end up with would be more like Irish Whiskey.
Scotch is usually aged in used barrels, where bourbon by law must be aged in new American charred oak barrels. Bourbon by law must also be at least 51% corn - most mash bills are more like 85% or more.
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This is correct. The terms “single” and “malt” are not modifiers of each other. Single means juice from one distillery. The opposite of single is blended. Some whiskies incorporate juice from 3 dozen distilleries. Malt just means malted barley. The terms are not connected and do not relate to each other.
Blended whiskies are not bad. Johnnie Walker is a prime example. I’ve also enjoyed Chivas since my earliest days of tasting scotch.
I’ve only had the American Oak, but I agree. Not a fan.
Scotch must be made at least partially wIt’s Barley and be 3 years old minimum.
Generally all Scotch is blended from several distilleries.
Single Malt means it is made only from Barley.
Blended Scotch has Grain Alcohol added to the blend.
A Single Single is a Scotch from a Single barrel. They are $$$$$ and are hit or miss.
There. Is a Master Blender who blends the Scotch from year to year to get the same taste year after year. Each distillery Makes the main part of the blend and adds different Scotch to get the taste.
This is true for Single Ma
If you buy a 10 year old Scotch, the youngest Scotch in that blend is 10 years old. Other added Scotch may be much older. It is up to the Master Blender.
Not all Scotch is peaty. Generally, only those from Islay are peaty. It comes from malting the Barley using peat for the fire. You can get peat smoked barley to use in brewing beer.
in the old days, each distillery had it’s own malting floor, but now it is done elsewhere.
Scotch is aged in Used bourbon barrels. They may be used 3 times for Scotch. They are stored inn where houses and turned over on a set schedule. The floor is below grade and gravel. Some of the tastes come from the environment (like iodine if stored near the sea)
Some are finished in Sherry,wine or Port barrels.
Unless Cask Strenght, water is added to cut to desired proof .
Generally all Scotch is blended from several distilleries.
Single Malt means it is made only from Barley.
Blended Scotch has Grain Alcohol added to the blend.
A Single Single is a Scotch from a Single barrel. They are $$$$$ and are hit or miss.
There. Is a Master Blender who blends the Scotch from year to year to get the same taste year after year. Each distillery Makes the main part of the blend and adds different Scotch to get the taste.
This is true for Single Ma
If you buy a 10 year old Scotch, the youngest Scotch in that blend is 10 years old. Other added Scotch may be much older. It is up to the Master Blender.
Not all Scotch is peaty. Generally, only those from Islay are peaty. It comes from malting the Barley using peat for the fire. You can get peat smoked barley to use in brewing beer.
in the old days, each distillery had it’s own malting floor, but now it is done elsewhere.
Scotch is aged in Used bourbon barrels. They may be used 3 times for Scotch. They are stored inn where houses and turned over on a set schedule. The floor is below grade and gravel. Some of the tastes come from the environment (like iodine if stored near the sea)
Some are finished in Sherry,wine or Port barrels.
Unless Cask Strenght, water is added to cut to desired proof .
True for both Single Malts and Blended Scotch. Darn iPhone !
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I always have a bottle of black on hand best bang for the buck for scotch i have found.
I'm definitely an Islay/peaty fan, although I have a huge collection of all types of SMWs. I remember taking my first dram of Auchentoshan many years ago and thinking to myself, wth is this? Light with grassy notes. Ugh! Well, I did need to finish this bottle eventually, since I could NEVER serve it to friends. And maybe it's Stockholm Syndrome, but I really did develop a fond appreciation for it, not for everyday, but for a nice break from heavy peats and ordinary highlanders, and always keep a bottle of it on the shelf. Having said that, my local SM Society still poo-poos it, and calls it the Lady's Whisky (with apologies to the fine ladies in the audience!).
A few dustilleries malt their own barley for part of their production: Bowmore, The Balvenie, Laphroaig, Kilchoman, Highland Park among others. Springbank, i think is the only distillery in Scotland to do 100% of their own malting.
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That's called Scotch.
Unless I'm wrong (and multiple sources say that I'm not), "single malt" is only malted barley, and only *one* distillery. The blending of a single malt can come from multiple barrels of multiple ages, but must be 100% malt and only from that distillery. If there are multiple distilleries it is not a single malt. Full stop.
"Pure malt" blends (or any other term saying "malt") must also be only malted barley but can be multiple distilleries. Other blends (ie generic "Blended Scotch Whisky" can include other grains.
There is single malt Irish that is the same. Pure pot still Irish is also single distillery but can have unmalted barley too.
(apparently the modern term as of the last few years is "single pot still" since regulators in the US don't like the term "pure"?)
(Either way I love my Redbreast almost as much as my Lagavulin)
(Either way I love my Redbreast almost as much as my Lagavulin)
I have a bottle of Green Spot to open. Been diggin some Proper Twelve recently.
Can't do Proper Twelve. McGregor is human excrement and I won't knowingly give him a dime. No opinion on how it tastes as I've never tried it.
I don’t watch MMA or have any idea who he is. I have read that people have some strong feelings though. I bought it to try and it’s not bad. I’m sure there are better.
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Skol!
I have been on the Whiskey Tour in Scotland many times and have been told that it is a mixture of years. According to Wikipedia you seem correct, but I think they talked about different distilleries for the blend. I could be wrong about that, but that is what I remember, that Single Malt to only refers to barley. I do know that the casks are stored in different distilleries just in case of a fire. So all the casks in a warehouse may belong to different ones. I have to ponder this, maybe over a nice Ardmore, which does not have an age. It is a slight peaty Single Malt that costs little.
