Musts
- Made from 100% malted barley.
- Distilled in Pot Stills
- From one distillery
Single-Malt scotches are twice distilled in copper pot stills. Afterwards it is aged in oak-casks1 for, at minimum, 3 years. 2
They must be produced by only one distillery, but can be a blend of distillates aged for different numbers of years.
If the label of a bottle has an age statement (ex. 12-year) that is the youngest whisky in the blend.
Flavors
Rich aromas, velvety texture, and extremely varied and complex flavor profiles.
Characterful Spirits
Flavors:
- Cereal
- Fruits
- Flowers
- Honey
- Fruit cake
- Sweet Spices
Sometimes smokey flavor
The smokey flavor comes from burning peat. Peat is burned when the Grains are heated the end of the the malting process. The smoke created flavors the grains.
Note: Only a few Single Malt Scotches have a peat flavor and in some of these, that smoky peat flavor is pronounced.
Styles
Scotch is further separated into several regions. The 5 regions: