Whisky Explained

WHISKY TERMS

* Single Malt Whisky – A term coined in the 1970s during the malt whisky revival, used to define the whisky of one distillery made with 100 percent malted barley.

* Scotch – A blended whisky made in Scotland.

* Irish Whiskey – Whiskey made in Ireland, normally a blend of pot still whiskey with malted barley and grain whiskey.

* Bourbon – An American whiskey with 51 percent or more corn mash aged for two years in charred oak barrels.

* Tennessee Whiskey – a whiskey with no specific grain criteria but normally made with corn mash and charcoal filtering.

1 Comment

  1. February 25, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Is there any Tenessee Whiskey apart from Jack Daniels?
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