What is single malt scotch whisky?

It refers to the whisky aged in Scottish oak barrels for more than three years, which is completely made by the same winery using only germinated barley as raw material. Wineries often sell the surplus products produced by their own factories to some independent bottling plants, and then sell them separately under their own brands.

In this case, although the aging of whisky in the second half of the year may be carried out in the warehouse owned by the bottling plant, rather than in the original warehouse of the winery, as long as the aging time can exceed the lower limit announced by the Scottish government, it still meets the definition standard of single malt whisky. Now the Scottish Liquor Industry Association has proposed legislation to restrict the bottling of scotch whisky in Scotland.

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Scotch whisky originated in Scotland and is made of barley malt, which is dried and baked with peat to produce a unique taste. The brewing process includes six steps: soaking barley in water for germination, drying, crushing malt, adding water into a tank for saccharification, adding yeast into a barrel for fermentation, twice distilling, aging and mixing.

It must be stored in Scotland for at least 3 years, 15 ~ 20 years is the best quality finished wine. After more than 20 years, the quality will decline, and the color will be brownish yellow and reddish, clear and translucent, with a burnt smell and a strong smoke smell.

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