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RE: [WHISKY REVIEW] anCnoc Rascan - Anyone for smoked fruit compote? 💧
Never seen this kind of whisky anywhere, how is it compared to Chivas Regal?
Never seen this kind of whisky anywhere, how is it compared to Chivas Regal?
The main difference between a blended whisky like Chivas (or Johnny Walker, Grants, Famous Grouse, Ballentines etc), and a single malt, is that the blended normally consist of 60% grain whisky. Grain whisky is made from other grains than barley - such as rye, wheat, oats - and they use so-called column stills in the distilling process, which can handle large amounts of alcohol at a low cost. Grain whisky is made in large batches and matures quickly, which allows you to produce about 40 million liters per year, compared to 2-3 million liters for a single malt distillery. So in a blended you mix this non-barley grain whisky with several different single malts (sometimes up to 30 different), while a single malt only consist of one spirit from one single destillery and is only allowed to be made from barley malt, water and yeast, and has to mature on oak casks for at least 3 years. If I had to answer which is the finer art of blended and single malt, I had to answer single malt - especially compared to the big brand blends. There are however some very interesting smaller artisan blender companies out there today, that are pretty amazing. Such are "Compass Box" and "That Boutique-y Whisky Company".
Wow, thank you very much!
Definitely my bad to compare single malt with blended whisky :D
Looking forward to more reviews from you!