single malt

noun

: whiskey that is made at one distillery and is not blended with other whiskeys

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The first woman to ever hold the title of Master Blender in the industry, she’s spent over three decades defining what Irish single malt can be. Emily Price, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 And often next to Ed, holding a single malt, there would be an unsmiling writer of great pretension looking down at you from a great height. Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025 The Ramu 8-year-old whiskey, Yamazaki 12-year single malt whiskey and Hibiki whiskey. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025 Before that merger, the team decided to see how its American single malt whiskey would react to very different maturation environments. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for single malt

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First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of single malt was in 1968

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“Single malt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20malt. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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