Malt Whisky

Whisky, or Whiskey, refers to a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are distilled from fermented grain mash and aged in wooden casks (generally oak). Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and maize (corn).The first written record of whisky comes from 1405 in Ireland,[1] it is also mentioned in Scotland in 1496.

Malt Whisky is whisky made entirely from malted barley and distilled in an onion-shaped pot still.

Single Malt Whisky
- Whisky that is made from 100 % malted barley in one distillery. Each single malt whisky is different and depends on the location of the distillery, the ingredients used and the skill and experience of the distiller.
- Single malt whiskey, sometimes spelled whisky (depending on its origin), is an alcoholic beverage which comes from a single distillery, in which all the grain used for the mash has been malted. Many quality whiskies (Single malt Scotch for example) are single malt whiskies. Most single malt whiskies are distilled using a pot still.
- Single Malt whisky is from a single distillery, but will usually contain whisky from many casks, so the blender can achieve a taste recognisable as typical of the distillery (unless the whisky is described as "single-cask"). In most cases, the name of the whisky will be that of the distillery (Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Glenfarclas), with an age statement and perhaps some indication of some special treatments such as maturation in a port cask. Especially expensive malts may have a special name.

Scotch Malt Whisky - Scotch Whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still .

Vatted Malt- A mixture of malt whiskies from more than one distillery, these can be very interesting and quite good fun - try Sheep Dip or Pig's Nose.Vatted Malt is blended from malt whiskies from different distilleries. If a whisky is labelled "pure malt" or just "malt" it is almost certain to be a vatted whisky. This is also sometimes labeled as "Blended Malt" whisky.