TYPES OF WHISKY
The amber nectar in your glass can be a single malt, a blended malt, a grain whisky or a blended whisky, and could have originated from countries as diverse as Scotland or India, so you can soon start to see what an intriguing and varied spirit whisky is – and why we say there is a whisky out there to suit everyone!
The types of whisk(e) you will come across will vary according to the country they come from but as regards whisky from Scotland the formal categories used by the Scotch Whisky Association are:
A Scotch Whisky distilled at a single distillery (i) from water and malted barley without the addition of any other cereals, and (ii) by batch distillation in pot stills. From 23 November 2012, Single Malt Scotch Whisky must be bottled in Scotland.
A Scotch Whisky distilled at a single distillery (i) from water and malted barley with or without whole grains of other malted or unmalted cereals, and (ii) which does not comply with the definition of Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
A blend of one or more Single Malt Scotch Whiskies with one or more Single Grain Scotch Whiskies
A blend of Single Malt Scotch Whiskies, which have been distilled at more than one distillery.
A blend of Single Grain Scotch Whiskies, which have been distilled at more than one distillery.
