Talk:Single malt whisky

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Broader view[edit]

This has a slightly broader view but much less depth than Scotch_whisky or Single_malt_Scotch.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.157.146.246 (talk) 2004 October 12 (UTC)

Bourbon a single malt?[edit]

All Bourbon is technically "Single Malt" so Wiki is wrong all over the place on this issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.99.173 (talk) 2006 March 17 (UTC)

The above comment is completely wrong.

Bourbon is absolutely NOT single malt as the only rule is that at least 51% of the mash consist of corn and Malted barley is ALWAYS part of the mash bill. Also the corn in Bourbon is NOT malted.

The term "Single Malt", without a qualifier, generally refers to Malted Barley UNLESS another grain is specifically mentions: e.g., Single Malt Rye

— Preceding comment signed as by Scotchblog (talk • contribs) actually added by Scotchguy (talk • contribs)- 2006 April 25

I believe that the statement saying that malted barley is always part of the mash bill (outside of Scotland) is wrong. If you think you have any proof for that, I'd like to see it.

—BarrelProof (talk) 16:57, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Expanded from a stub[edit]

Scotchblog is right. In answer to the first point, it has now expanded from a stub. Buyo 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Edited the Scotch Pages link. "Great new" site seemed a bit biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.166.255.41 (talk) 2007 July 13 (UTC)

Ardbeg the most peated[edit]

Ian Dalziel(Undid revision 221050554 by Jonewer (talk) This fule no that Ardbeg is the most heavily peated malt whisky of all!) (undo) Thats quite interesting. My tastebuds would disagree. I confess to having made the change without a source or facts to back me up, just the bottles on my shelf. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonewer (talk • contribs) 18:51, 3 July 2008‎ (UTC)[reply]

A source for peat content?[edit]

Do you know if there are any sources giving peat content in ppm for Isaly whisky? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonewer (talk • contribs) 18:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Malt Whisky Flavor Map.jpg[edit]

May be this is of any use for the article? Description (attention: word for word copy) from "Friends of the Classic Malts", FREPOST GW 4296, Glasgow, Scotland, G14 9BR:

"The Flavour Map will help you choose a single malt whisky based on its taste. Independent whisky experts have worked out that - when it comes to flavour in a glass of whisky - all Scotland's single malts can be plotted on a simple grid. The vertical axis show plots how smoky they are (flavours principally from the peat-smoke used in drying the barley, which all single malts are made from) down to Delicate malts that don't use peat-smoke in drying their barley.

On the horizontal axis whiskies are plotted as to how Light (whiskies with freash fruit and green grass flavours) or how Rich they are (flavours ranging from vanilla to nuttiness and dried fruiits).

Now you can see just how similar or different the taste of a whisky might be, allowing you to explore new malts with even greater confidence."

-- Tasma3197 (talk) 14:13, 21 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

competed source, 2012-02-22 -- Tasma3197 (talk) 07:53, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Connosr[edit]

Whisky Connosr [1] is the fastest growing whisky site and it seems only social network dedicated to whisky. Is it worth a mention in this article?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Pieltee (talk • contribs) 11:43, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest not to do that. I don't see how linking to that site would help this article, and I dispute the assertion that the site is anything special. Fastest growing according to whom? What makes a site a social network? Is that the same thing as a discussion forum? —BarrelProof (talk) 13:14, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge of Single malt Scotch to Single malt whisky[edit]

Leithp has suggested merging the Single malt Scotch article into the Single malt whisky article.

Support: The two articles seem about 95% the same in content. If there are any aspects of single malt whisky that are special about Scotch, they can be handled sufficiently by just adding a sentence or two (or a small subsection) within the single malt whisky article to discuss those aspects. Moreover, it seems like much of the content of the single malt whisky article could be merged into the whisky article, so that this article could just discuss what is unique to single malt whisky. And I really hope there is no intent to create another article about single malt Canadian whisky and another one about single malt American whisky and another one about single malt Japanese whisky and another one about single malt Irish whisky. —BarrelProof (talk) 13:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have never heard the term "malt scotch", a collocation which only appears in the term "malt Scotch whisky". In my view the articles should be merged under "malt whisky" —Unsigned comment from 93.231.174.150 (talk) 08:16, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

More precisely, I believe the more general term is "malt whisky", of which "single malt whisky" is one category, and "single malt Scotch" is one sub-category. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:45, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, to a large extent. "Malt whisky" is a very generic term, and does seem to include, at least in American regulations, whiskies that are made from a mash that is majority malt, but not necessarily 100% malted barley (though that hasn't been a significant category of American whiskey since Prohibition). That would actually include single pot still whiskey as well, but that is a distinct class that ill fits the common understanding of "single malt". Blended malts would also be "malt whisky", but distinct from single malts. So I oppose any merging of single malt whisky into the broader malt whisky article, as it is a specific subset.

That said, I am not opposed to merging single malt scotch into the single malt whisky article, as there are many countries where single malts are made (and indeed every whisky producing country has at least one example). The unique specifics of production in Scotland can be briefly covered here.

Scotch-specific details generally seem to be over-represented on Wikipedia. We really don't need individual articles on the regions; each is a near-identical stub with next to no unique information and better served with the overview section of the main Scotch whisky article. oknazevad (talk) 21:26, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]