The internationally-celebrated label is known for its classic single malt whisky, with notes of butterscotch, shortbread and lemongrass.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America specializes in bottling single cask, single malts.
In May, the company announced plans to grow its malt whisky distillation capacity by 25% by April 2013.
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It is also possible to buy specially branded alcohol, such as the Speaker's malt whisky, from two gift shops.
This is what distinguishes single malt whisky from brandy, cognac and other "tipples".
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In 1884, she expanded and built a new distillery, tripling the output of Cardhu single malt whisky within a year.
The idyllic beauty of the Malt Whisky Trail may be one of the most important ingredients to this world-renowned drink.
It would mean an increase of 10% in the company's malt whisky distilling capacity, meaning 5 million litres of additional spirit each year.
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Chivas aims to boost its malt whisky distillation capacity by 25% over the next year with expansions at the Glenallachie, Glentauchers, Tormore and Longmorn distilleries.
Kingsbarns Distillers of St Andrews will renovate and convert an existing building for the project and purchase a 1.5 tonne mash turnkey malt whisky distillation system.
At Benromach, also just outside of Forres, enjoy a tasting tutorial with a pour of the award-winning, richly-flavoured Benromach Single Malt in the old Drier House, now the Malt Whisky Centre.
As part of its investment programme announced in June, Diageo wants to expand about half of its existing 28 malt whisky distilleries in Scotland, as well as build at least one new single malt distillery.
Founded in 1898, the distillery changed hands several times and was empty for many years until 1993, when malt whisky specialists Gordon and MacPhail restored it and the Prince of Wales officially reopened the distillery in its centenary year.
Glenfiddich is the world's most awarded single-malt Scotch whisky, having claimed more big-time international medals since 2000 than any other single-malt Scotch.
That may or may not prove that drinking high quality single malt Scotch whisky is good for you, but it did earn her recognition in the form of the 55 Year Old Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve, named in her honor to celebrate her birthday at this ripe old age.
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Finally, sample a dram of the light, sweet whisky in the malt barn.
Visitors can wander the grounds, learn about the craft of Scotch whisky, and tour the two-storey malt barn warehouse, kiln and other original sections of the distillery.
For a quick tasting tutorial, famed whiskey taster Charles MacLean, author of Scotch Whisky : A Liquid History, demonstrates his approach for Single Malt TV.
At the bar you can purchase glasses, starting from roughly 500 yen, of every Yoichi whisky produced on the premises -- including the powerful and rare Yoichi 20-year single malt.
He covers the rules and differences of whisky production in Scotland, Ireland, Kentucky and other places, the differences between grain and malt versions, explains how to learn to taste, describes the major flavor components, and provides maps done by flavors.
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Then he covers every top whisky producing country in depth, especially Scotland, which he breaks into no less than 16 single malt regions, plus blended Scotches, then Ireland (whiskey), Japan, Canada, the US, Europe, South Africa, India, and Australia.
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