malt whisky

Distilled grain beverage

Malt whisky is whisky made entirely from malted barley and distilled in pot stills.

The term distinguishes it from grain whisky, which uses other cereals and column stills.

In Scotland, single malt comes from one distillery; blended malt combines malts from several.

He preferred single malt to blended Scotch.

The spelling whisky (without the e) is standard for Scottish and Canadian spirits.

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aging · angel's share · pot still · dram · neat pour · Scotland · water of life · peat smoke · Glenlivet · Rob Roy · copper · oak barrels · smoky · finish · glen · tasting · tasting notes · oak

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whisky composition/type

malt whiskygrain whisky

Liquor from cereal mash

blend · bourbon · corn whiskey · rye whiskey · Canadian whisky

beverage refinement/character

malt whiskyrotgut

Poor-quality spirits

well whiskey · moonshine · white dog · industrial alcohol · rubbing alcohol

beverage sophistication/connoisseurship

malt whiskybox wine

Bagged vino in cardboard

well liquor · rotgut · moonshine · cooking wine · fortified wine

Family

malt, barley, whisky, malts, malted, malting, maltster, maltase

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG