The internationally-celebrated label is known for its classic single malt whisky, with notes of butterscotch, shortbread and lemongrass.
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.
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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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.
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.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America specializes in bottling single cask, single malts.
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.
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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