Double Malt Whisky Gift Pack

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The is the oldest single malt from The Singleton to date, and the second and final bottling in The Singleton’s Paragon of Time Collection, a 54-year-old 1966 vintage single malt Scotch by the Dufftown distillery in the heart of Speyside. The collection is a masterful exploration of time itself. It showcases the brand’s skills and cares in successfully maturing whiskies over such a long period of time to develop real character and richness.

Glenfiddich’s focus as a brand is on creating “the best dram in the valley,” so it’s easy to — rightly — assume that any bottle will be a crowd-pleaser. It’s also the world’s most awarded single malt, offering a range of bottles at a medium price point that’s easily accessible for all. Generally speaking, aging is an important process when making whisky because it gives flavor and color to alcoholic beverages [ 1]. Distillation Method: High-malt portion – double-distilled, our Vendome copper pot stills; high-wheat portion – column-distilled This is a golden age for malt whisky, certainly in terms of global interest and sales. More people are drinking more malt Scotch than ever before – well over 100m bottles in 2017 alone.According to the Scotch Whisky Association, around 1.28 billion bottles of scotch are sold every year. And scotch alone makes up 70% of Scotland’s food and drink exports! The United States imported over 137 million bottles in 2018. And just last year a bottle of scotch sold for nearly 2 million dollars. Why? Well, blending whisky is no mean feat, requiring serious distilling pedigree and patience. But the rewards are irrefutable: an exceptionally smooth spirit that offers the best of grain (creamy, caramel, herbal) and single malt (rich, floral, fruity) whisky in every dram. What is blended Scotch whisky?

This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. While 12-year-old whiskies form the core, a plethora of age-stated and NAS expressions play around the fringes, including the oldest yet, a 40-year-old Singleton of Glendullan release in February this year. 5: GlenmorangieAs with our recent rundown of the world’s best-selling blends, our list is based on 2017 volume figures, provided by the leading drinks industry data provider and commentator, The IWSR Magazine, and measured in terms of sales of nine-litre cases. 1: Glenfiddich Creating the Mash: Malted barley is ground down and mixed with warm water to create wash. The natural enzymes in barley begin converting sugars into alcohol. This process creates wort. Step 2: Fermenting and Distilling First Distillation: The wash moves to a copper pot still that heats the wash until the alcohol converts to gas and rises through the pipes to another chamber. These pot stills are generally small and create small batches of low-wine with intense flavor. Blending: Before the scotch is bottled, the master distiller will taste each barrel to determine which flavors should be blended together to create the most interesting, pure, and consistent scotch. Once these blends are created, the result is bottled and shipped for us to enjoy! What is Single Malt?

This means most single malt scotches are blends of different barrels or casks within the distillery. Distillers do this to maintain a consistent flavor profile in their offerings. Another name on the rise is Diageo’s Singleton brand which, it’s important to note, covers not one but three malt distilleries: Dufftown, Glen Ord and Glendullan. Their combined sales are featured here, since no individual breakdown is available. William Grant’s second-string single malt continues to grow apace, with a double-digit sales volume increase last year built on strong momentum in the US, Far East and duty free. Both whisky types should be aged in oak casks and carry the age of the youngest single malt used in the blend.

How is Scotch whisky made?

One final difference, single malts are made in pot stills, as we discussed above. Single grains are distilled in Coffey (column) stills which create larger batches and higher ABV! What does Single Malt taste like? The Glenlivet distillery in Moray, Scotland has been producing whisky since 1824, so it’s safe to say that the distillery knows what it’s doing. And its 12 Year is widely known as one of the most popular whisky in the world. Despite being produced in Scotland, it remains known as the best-selling malt whisky in the United States. The distillery offers one of the largest collections of whisky in the world, so take a look at our list of Johnnie Walker’s bottles to discover the entire range of whisky from the brand. So, what could this term mean? Let’s take a deeper look at what we could change about single malt to make it…double. Vatted or Blended Malt

A popular choice for whisky novices and experts alike, Johnnie Walker takes the crown again and again for its unrivaled spirits. It’s the world’s most widely distributed brand of Scotch, which means it’ll be a success no matter what occasion you bring it out for. William Grant would scarcely be able to believe what has happened since and, in particular, since Glenfiddich was fully launched as a single malt during the 1960s: more than 1m nine-litre cases a year sold around the world, and the already vast distillery undergoing further expansion. Double malt Scotch can carry an age, even though it is not required (because it does not have a legal definition). Manufacturers use the youngest single malt age statement in the bottled blended whisky.

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Lagavulin: This brand is known for its smoky and peaty flavor profile, which includes hints of seaweed, salt, and iodine. More than four decades of French ownership have given Aberlour a strong following in France, but trade issues in that country cost the brand a chunk of its expected sales last year, dropping it down the top 10.