single malt

noun

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

Examples of single malt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web To that end, the distillery is releasing two new single-cask single malt whiskies this summer as part of its A Collection of Curious Casks series, each aged for a lengthy amount of time in entirely different types of barrels. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 July 2024 This was an extremely limited-edition bottling: With just 25 decanters available at £50,000 apiece, the 1964 vintage single malt came in a special case designed to evoke the classic DB5, which came out a year before the whisky was distilled. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 June 2024 Bourbon is a type of whiskey, like Scotch or single malt. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 14 June 2024 Such is the case with the new Bruichladdich Thirty, a three-decade-old single malt that comes from stock produced before the facility was shuttered in the 1990s. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for single malt 

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Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 27 Jul. 2024.

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