malt whiskey

noun

Examples of malt whiskey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The makeup of the Chapter 7 blend is as follows: 18-, 17-, nine-, and four-year-old bourbon, 10-year-old rye, and five-year-old straight malt whiskey finished in applewood smoked barrels. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2023 The 18-year-old bourbon was originally in Chapter 5 as a 15-year-old, the ten-year-old rye was in Chapter 2 as a six-year-old, and the malt whiskey was included in the last release, to give a few examples of how these whiskeys were previously used. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2023 Previous iterations of malt whiskey have appeared as components of Little Book Chapter Six, but those were younger whiskeys that were finished with different barrel staves. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 May 2023 Six and a half years in, J. Carver Distillery in Waconia has completed its line of spirits with single-malt whiskey, a burgeoning segment. Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021 The Widder Hotel’s eponymous watering hole in the Old Town neighborhood has everything: live piano music, over 200 malt whiskey offerings, and top-notch jazz performers. Claire Stern, ELLE, 17 Mar. 2023 According to Irish regulations, a blended Irish whiskey can consist of grain whiskey blended with either pot still whiskey, malt whiskey or a combination of the latter two. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 The team at the distillery makes rum, aquavit, gin and, of course, whiskey, including bourbon and different types of malt whiskey. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2022 The malt whiskey to be released Friday is made in the Scottish tradition with malted barley. Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of malt whiskey was in 1839

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“Malt whiskey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/malt%20whiskey. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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