blended whiskey

noun

: whiskey blended from two or more straight whiskeys or from whiskey and neutral spirits

Examples of blended whiskey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Will blended whiskey from the US and from other global producers ever be a challenge to Scotch and Irish blended whiskeys? Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 6 May 2023 This new release is part of the Roe & Coe Cask & Keg series, with this particular blended whiskey spending nearly a year in casks that were previously used to age Guinness Open Gate Brewery’s Coffee Stout. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2022 Take Irish blended whiskey and make this beautiful take on a Negroni, with a touch of Campari and Lillet rose for brightness and bitterness. Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022 Irish regulations mandate that to carry the designation Irish whiskey a blended whiskey must be produced and aged in Ireland, although it can be shipped out in bulk and bottled elsewhere. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 Steven Busch has his Walker’s Cay bourbon brand, there is a Pabst Blue Ribbon Whiskey and now Molson Coors has entered the field with a blended whiskey called Five Trail. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2021 The term blended whiskey can mean a lot of different things. Lou Bustamante, SFChronicle.com, 17 Dec. 2020 All three companies also have interests in blended whiskey. Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019 For its new Ginger Zest, Belvedere separately distills fresh ginger, pink grapefruit, lemon, and honey vodkas then blends them with more base spirit, much as a blended whiskey would be made. Elva Ramirez, charlotteobserver, 6 July 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blended whiskey was in 1876

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“Blended whiskey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blended%20whiskey. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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