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Scotch whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha; Scots: Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y, pronounced [ˈʍɪski], often simply called whisky or Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland.
📍𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀:
Scotland’s identity and heritage are deeply intertwined with Scotch Whisky, a cornerstone of the country’s economy exported to nearly 180 markets.
📍The Scotch Whisky Association estimated that Scotland’s whisky industry supported 40,000 jobs and accounted for £4.37 billion in exports in 2017. Of that total, single malt Scotch accounted for £1.17 billion in exports, a 14% increase over 2016. The drink is exported to nearly 180 markets and, in 2022, its exports were valued at over GBP 6 billion for the first time.
📍In November 2019, the Association announced that the government of the UK had agreed to consider revising the alcohol taxation system, hopefully producing a new plan that was simplified and « fairer ».
📍𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀:
Single malt Scotch whisky must have been distilled at a single distillery as a batch process using a pot still distillation process and made from a mash of 100% malted barley. Single malt means that the whisky has not been blended elsewhere with whisky from other distilleries. A single malt Scotch must be distilled in Scotland and matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years, although most single malts are matured longer.
📍𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝘁:
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#scotch whisky must be made in one distillery, in a pot still by batch distillation, using only water and malted barley.[66] As with any other Scotch whisky, the Scotch Whisky Regulations of 2009 also require single malt Scotch to be made completely and bottled in Scotland and aged for at least three years. Most are aged longer and received 4–5 years
📍𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻:
Single grain whisky is made with water and malted barley but the distillery then adds other grains or cereals, wheat, corn, or rye, for example. From that moment on, it can no longer be called single malt.
📍𝗕𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝘁:
Blended malts contain only single malt whiskies from two or more distilleries. This type must contain no grain whiskies and is distinguished by the absence of the word « single » on the bottle. The age of the vat is that of the youngest of the original ingredients .
📍𝗕𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻:
The term blended grain Scotch refers to whisky that contains at least two single grain Scotch whiskies from at least two distilleries, combined to create one batch of the product.