The World of Blended Scotch Whisky and Origin

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The World of Blended Scotch Whisky and Origin
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Whisky - The wise old spirit

• Whisky and ice and everything nice. said
  someone wise. Derived from the Gaelic word
  Uisce meaning water, Whiskey or Whisky is a
  kind of distilled alcoholic beverage. Although,
  the art of distillation began as early as 43 A.D,
  the production of Whisky could only be traced
  back to the 15th century A.D.

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• Blended Scotch and Blended Malt Whisky comprises
  of 90 percent of production in whiskies today, is
  primarily obtained from grain and malt mash that
  is fermented for many years. Blended Scotch
  whisky is a product that contains a mix of malt
  and grain whiskies aged in oak barrels. Said to
  improve with its age (years of fermentation,
  whisky is often referred to as Aqua Vitae which
  means Water of Life in Latin.

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Scotch, Blends and kinds

• The word Scotch is the internationally
  identified terminology for Scotch Whisky.
  Scotch whisky is further classified into five
  types Single Malt, Single Grain, Blended Scotch
  Whisky, Blended Malt Whisky and Blended Grain.

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Single Malt Whisky

• Single malt Whisky is distilled in pot stills at
  a single distillery. Rightly called as Single
  Malt, it is produced with no addition of other
  cereals and grains. It is fermented solely from
  water and malted barley.

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Single Grain Whisky

• Similar to Single Malt, Single Grain is also
  distilled at a single distillery. It may have
  other whole malted or unmalted cereals or grains.

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Blended Scotch Whisky

• Blended Scotch is a blend between one or more
  single grain whiskies. It could also be a blend
  between one or more single malt scotch whiskies.

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Blended Malt Whisky

• Blended malt Whisky is produced from Blended malt
  which was previously referred to as vatted or
  pure malt. This type contains more than one
  single malt Scotch whisky from different
  distilleries blended together, thus giving it its
  name.

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Blended Grain Whisky

• Spirits in this category are made from more than
  one single grain Scotch whisky, fermented at
  different distilleries.

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• An interesting fact to note is that, up until the
  1960s, majority of single malts were used only to
  produce blended scotch. As a matter of fact,
  commercialization of single malt whiskies has
  only been introduced recently. Composition of the
  average blended scotch ranges between 6085 of
  single grain or single malt whisky. Even today,
  out of the total production of single malt
  whisky, maximum amount goes to produce the
  blended Scotch whisky.

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