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Whisky or whiskey[1] is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage

made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be


malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn
(maize), rye, and wheat. Whisky is typically aged in wooden
casks, generally made of charred white oak.

Whisky is a strictly regulated spirit worldwide with many


classes and types. The typical unifying characteristics of the
different classes and types are the fermentation of grains,
distillation, and aging in wooden barrels.
Whisky or whisky-like products are produced in most grain-growing areas. They differ in base
product, alcoholic content, and quality.

Malt whisky is made primarily from malted barley.

Grain whisky is made from any type of grains.

Malts and grains are combined in various ways:

Single malt whisky is whisky from a single distillery made from a mash that uses only one
particular malted grain. Unless the whisky is described as single-cask, it contains whisky from
many casks, and different years, so the blender can achieve a taste recognisable as typical of
the distillery. In most cases, single malts bear the name of the distillery, with an age statement
and perhaps some indication of some special treatments such as maturation in a port wine cask.

Blended malt whisky is a mixture of single malt whiskies from different distilleries. If a whisky
is labelled "pure malt" or just "malt" it is almost certainly a blended malt whisky. This was
formerly called a "vatted malt" whisky.

Blended whisky is made from a mixture of different types of whisky. A blend may contain
whisky from many distilleries so that the blender can produce a flavour consistent with the
brand. The brand name may, therefore, omit the name of a distillery. Most Scotch, Irish and
Canadian whisky is sold as part of a blend, even when the spirits are the product of one
distillery, as is common in Canada.[30] American blended whisky may contain neutral spirits.

Cask strength (also known as barrel proof) whiskies are rare, and usually only the very best
whiskies are bottled in this way. They are bottled from the cask undiluted or only lightly diluted.

Single cask (also known as single barrel) whiskies are bottled from an individual cask, and
often the bottles are labelled with specific barrel and bottle numbers. The taste of these whiskies
may vary substantially from cask to cask within a brand.

Australian[edit]

Main article: Australian whisky

Australian whiskies have won global whisky awards and medals, including the World
Whiskies Awards and Jim Murray's Whisky Bible "Liquid Gold Awards".[38]

Canadian[edit]

Various Canadian whiskies

Main article: Canadian whisky

By Canadian law Canadian whiskies must be produced and aged in Canada, be distilled
from a fermented mash of cereal grain, be aged in wood barrels with a capacity limit of 700
litres (185 US gal; 154 imp gal) for not less than three years, and "possess the aroma, taste
and character generally attributed to Canadian whisky".[39] The terms "Canadian Whisky",
"Rye Whisky", and "Canadian Rye Whisky" are legally indistinguishable in Canada and do
not require any specific grain in their production. Canadian whiskies may
contain caramel and flavouring in addition to the distilled mash spirits, and there is no
maximum limit on the alcohol level of the distillation.[39] To be exported under one of the
"Canadian Whisky" designations, a whisky cannot contain more than 9.09% imported spirits.
[40]

Canadian whiskies are available throughout the world and are a culturally significant export.
Well known brands include Crown Royal,Canadian Club, Seagram's, and Wiser's among
others. The historic popularity of Canadian whisky in the United States is partly a result
ofrum runners illegally importing it into the country during the period of American Prohibition.

Danish[edit]

Denmark began producing whisky early in 1974. The first Danish single malt to go on sale
was Lille Gadegrd from Bornholm, in 2005.[41] Lille Gadegrd is a winery as well, and uses
its own wine casks to mature whisky.

The second Danish distilled single malt whisky for sale was Edition No.1 from the Braunstein
microbrewery and distillery. It was distilled in 2007, using water from the Greenlandic ice
sheet, and entered the market in March 2010.[42]

English[edit]

Main article: English whisky

There are currently at least six distilleries producing English whisky. Though England is not
very well known for making whisky there were distillers previously operating in London,
Liverpool and Bristol until the late 19th century, after which production of English single
malt whisky ceased until 2003.[43]

Finnish[edit]

Main article: Finnish whisky

There are two working distilleries in Finland and a third one is under construction. Whisky
retail sales in Finland are controlled solely by the state alcohol monopoly Alko and
advertisement of strong alcoholic beverages is banned.[44]

German[edit]

Main article: German whisky

German whisky production is a relatively recent phenomenon having only started in the last
30 years. The styles produced resemble those made in Ireland, Scotland and the United
States: single malts, blends, wheat, and bourbon-like styles. There is no standard spelling of
German whiskies with distilleries using both "whisky" and "whiskey". In 2008 there were 23
distilleries in Germany producing whisky.[45]

Indian[edit]

Main article: Indian whisky

India consumes almost as much whisky as the rest of the world put together.[46] Distilled
alcoholic beverages that are labelled as "whisky" in India are commonly blends based
onneutral spirits that are distilled from fermented molasses with only a small portion
consisting of traditional malt whisky, usually about 10 to 12 percent. Outside India, such a
drink would more likely be labelled a rum.[47][48] According to the Scotch Whisky Association's
2013 annual report, "there is no compulsory definition of whisky in India, and the Indian
voluntary standard does not require whisky to be distilled from cereals or to be matured." [49][50]
[51]

Ninety percent of the whisky consumed in India is molasses-based,[52] although whisky

wholly distilled from malt and other grains, is also manufactured and sold. [53] Amrut, the first
single malt whisky produced in India, was launched on 24 August 2004. [54]

Irish[edit]

Various Irish whiskeys

Main article: Irish whiskey

Irish whiskeys are normally distilled thrice, Cooley Distillery being the exception as they also
double distill.[55] Though traditionally distilled using pot stills, the column still is now used to
produce grain whiskey for blends. By law, Irish whiskey must be produced in Ireland and
aged in wooden casks for a period of no less than three years, although in practice it is
usually three or four times that period.[56]Unpeated malt is almost always used, the main
exception being Connemara Peated Malt whiskey.

There are several types of whiskey common to Ireland: single malt, single grain, blended
whiskey and pure pot still whiskey.

Japanese[edit]

Main article: Japanese whisky

The model for Japanese whiskies is the single malt Scotch, although there are also
examples of Japanese blended whiskies. The base is a mash of malted barley, dried in kilns
fired with a little peat (although considerably less than in Scotland), and distilled using the
pot still method. Before 2000, Japanese whisky was primarily for the domestic market and
exports were limited. Japanese whiskies such as Suntory and Nikka won many prestigious
international awards between 2007 and 2014. Japanese whisky has earned a reputation for
quality.[57][58]

Scotch[edit]

Various Scotch whiskies

Main article: Scotch whisky

Scotch whiskies are generally distilled twice, although some are distilled a third time and
others even up to twenty times.[59] Scotch Whisky Regulations require anything bearing the
label "Scotch" to be distilled in Scotland and matured for a minimum of three years in oak
casks, among other, more specific criteria.[60] Any age statement on the bottle, in the form of a
number, must reflect the age of the youngest Scotch whisky used to produce that product. A
whisky with an age statement is known as guaranteed age whisky.[61] Scotch whisky without
an age statement may, by law, be as young as three years old.[62]

The basic types of Scotch are malt and grain, which are combined to create blends. The
distinctive smoky flavour that can often be found in Scotch is due to the use of peat smoke to
treat the malt. Scotch malt whiskies are divided into five main
regions: Highland, Lowland,Islay, Speyside and Campbeltown.[63]

Swedish[edit]

Whisky started being produced in Sweden in 1955 by the now defunct Skeppets
whisky brand. Their last bottle was sold in 1971.[64] In 1999 Mackmyra Whisky was founded
and is today the largest producer and has won several awards including European Whisky of
the Year in Jim Murray's 2011 Whisky Bible[65] and the International Wine & Spirits
Competition (IWSC) 2012 Award for Best European Spirits Producer of 2012. [66]

Welsh[edit]

Main article: Welsh whisky

Although distillation of whisky in Wales began in Middle Ages there were no commercially
operated distilleries during the 20th century. The rise of the temperance movement saw the
decline the commercial production of liquor during the 19th century and in 1894 Welsh
whisky production ceased. Recently, however, there has been a revival of Welsh whisky.

The revival of Welsh whisky began in the 1990s. Initially a "Prince of Wales" malt whisky was
sold as Welsh whisky but was simply blended scotch bottled in Wales. A lawsuit by Scotch
distillers ended this enterprise.[67] In 2000, Penderyn Distillery started production of Penderyn
single malt whisky. The first bottles went on sale on 1 March 2004, Saint David's Day, and it
is now sold worldwide. Penderyn Distillery is located in the Brecon Beacons National
Park and is considered to be the smallest distillery in the world. [68]

Other[edit]

ManX Spirit from the Isle of Man is distilled elsewhere and re-distilled in the country of its
nominal "origin". The ManX distillery takes a previously matured Scotch malt whisky and redistills it.[69]

In 2010 a Czech whisky was released, the 21-year-old "Hammer Head". [70]

In 2008 at least two distilleries in the traditionally brandy-producing Caucasus region


announced their plans to enter the Russian domestic market with whiskies. The Stavropol-

based Praskoveysky distillery bases its product on Irish whiskey, while in Kizlyar, Dagestan's
"Russian Whisky" announced a Scotch-inspired drink in single malt, blended and wheat
varieties.[71]

Destileras y Crianza del Whisky S.A. is a whisky distillery in Spain. Its eight-year-old Whisky
DYC is a combination of malts and spirits distilled from barley aged separately a minimum of
eight years in American oak barrels.[72]

Frysk Hynder is a Dutch single malt, distilled and bottled in the Frisian Us Heit Distillery. It is
the first single malt produced in the Netherlands.[45]

Chemistry[edit]
Overview[edit]

Whiskies and other distilled beverages, such as cognac, and rum are complex beverages
that contain a vast range of flavouring compounds, of which some 200 to 300 are easily
detected by chemical analysis. The flavouring chemicals include "carbonyl compounds,
alcohols, carboxylic acids and their esters, nitrogen- and sulphur-containing
compounds,tannins and other polyphenolic compounds, terpenes, and oxygencontaining heterocyclic compounds" and esters of fatty acids.[73] The nitrogen compounds
include pyridines,picolines and pyrazines.[74]

Flavours from distillation[edit]

The flavouring of whisky is partially determined by the presence of congeners and fusel oils.
Fusel oils are higher alcohols than ethanol, are mildly toxic, and have a strong, disagreeable
smell and taste. An excess of fusel oils in whisky is considered a defect. A variety of methods
are employed in the distillation process to remove unwanted fusel oils. Traditionally,
American distillers focused on secondary filtration using charcoal, gravel, sand, or linen to
remove undesired distillates.

Acetals are rapidly formed in distillates and a great many are found in distilled beverages,
the most prominent being acetaldehyde diethyl acetal (1,1-diethoxyethane). Among whiskies
the highest levels are associated with malt whisky.[75] This acetal is a principal flavour
compound in sherry, and contributes fruitiness to the aroma.[76]

The diketone diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) has a buttery aroma and is present in almost all
distilled beverages. Whiskies and cognacs typically contain more of this than vodkas, but
significantly less than rums or brandies.[77]

Flavours from oak[edit]

Whisky that has been aged in oak barrels absorbs substances from the wood. One of these
is cis-3-methyl-4-octanolide, known as the "whisky lactone" or "quercus lactone", a
compound with a strong coconut aroma.[78][79]

Commercially charred oaks are rich in phenolic compounds. One study identified 40 different
phenolic compounds. The coumarin scopoletin is present in whisky, with the highest level
reported in Bourbon whiskey.[80]

Flavours and colouring from additives [edit]

Depending on the local regulations, additional flavourings and colouring compounds may be
added to the whisky. Canadian whisky may contain caramel and flavouring in addition to the
distilled mash spirits. Scotch whisky may contain added (E150A) caramel colouring, but no
other additives. The addition of flavourings is not allowed in American"straight" whiskey, but
is allowed in American blends.

Chill filtration[edit]

Whisky is often "chill filtered": chilled to precipitate out fatty acid esters and then filtered to
remove them. Most whiskies are bottled this way, unless specified as unchillfiltered ornon
chill filtered. This is done primarily for cosmetic reasons. Unchillfiltered whiskeys often turn
cloudy when stored at cool temperatures or when cool water is added to them, and this is
perfectly normal.[81]

American whiskey[edit]
Main article: American whiskey
Thirteen large distilleries produce over 99% of whiskey made in the US. These are the following
distilleries: Barton, Booker Noe, Brown-Forman, Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, George Dickel, Heaven
Hill, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, MGP Indiana, Wild Turkey, and Woodford Reserve. [citation
needed]

Bourbon[edit]
Main article: Bourbon whiskey
Kentucky bourbon[edit]

The production line at the Maker's Mark distillery

(listed alphabetically by brand ownership and name and location of distillery. The brand owner is
included if different, style notes)

Alltech brands:

Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company, Lexington, Kentucky

Town Branch

Beam Suntory brands:

Booker Noe Distillery, Boston, Kentucky

Jim Beam Distillery, Clermont:

Baker's (small batch)

Basil Hayden's (small batch)

Booker's (small batch)

Old Crow

Jim Beam (also made at Booker Noe Distillery)

Knob Creek (small batch)

Old Grand-Dad

Red Stag

Jim Beam (also made at Jim Beam Distillery)

Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto

Maker's Mark (small batch, wheated)

Maker's 46 (small batch, wheated)

Brown-Forman brands:

Brown-Forman Distillery, Shively:

Early Times

Old Forester

Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles

Woodford Reserve (small batch)

A bottle of Heaven Hill "Black" Bourbon

Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. brands:

Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown:

Cabin Still

Daniel Stewart

Echo Springs

Elijah Craig (12-year small batch and 18-year single barrel)

Evan Williams

Heaven Hill

Henry McKenna

Fighting Cock

J. T. S. Brown

J. W. Dant

Mattingly & Moore

Old Fitzgerald (wheated)

Old Heaven Hill

Parker's Heritage Collection

T. W. Samuels

Red State/Blue State Bourbon

Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD) brands:

KBD-owned brands:

Johnny Drum, Bardstown

Kentucky Vintage (small batch)

Noah's Mill (small batch)

Old Bardstown

Pure Kentucky XO (small batch)

Rowan's Creek (small batch)

Vintage Bourbon

Willett Family Reserve (single barrel)

Willett Pot Still Reserve (single barrel)

Brands exclusively bottled by KBD (brand owners noted):

Black Maple Hill (a CVI brand) (small batch)

Corner Creek (a Corner Creek brand) (limited distribution)

Old Pogue (a Pogue brand) (small batch)

Luxco brands:

Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville:

Bourbon Supreme

David Nicholson 1843

Ezra Brooks

Old Ezra 101

Rebel Reserve

Rebel Yell (wheated)

Yellowstone

Castle brands:

Distillery unidentified:

Jefferson's Bourbon

Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac):

Barton 1792 Distillery, Bardstown:

1792 Ridgemont Reserve

Black Ridge

Kentucky Gentleman

Kentucky Tavern

Ten High

Tom Moore

Very Old Barton

Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort:

Ancient Age

Blanton's (single barrel)

Buffalo Trace

Eagle Rare (single barrel)

Elmer T. Lee (single barrel)

George T. Stagg (barrel proof, uncut, unfiltered)

Hancock's President's Reserve (single barrel)

McAfee's Benchmark

Old Charter

Old Rip Van Winkle (an Old Rip Van Winkle / Sazerac joint venture[2] brand),
(wheated)

Old Taylor (Clermont)

Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve bourbon whiskey

Pappy Van Winkle (an Old Rip Van Winkle / Sazerac joint venture[2] brand), (wheated)

Rock Hill Farms Single-Barrel (single barrel)

W. L. Weller (wheated)

Wild Turkey brands:

Wild Turkey Distillery, Lawrenceburg:

Russell's Reserve

Wild Turkey

Other brands:

Bulleit Bourbon A Diageo brand produced under contract by Kirin at the Four
Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg.

I. W. Harper A Diageo brand.[3]

Four Roses Four Roses Distillery (a Kirin brand), Lawrenceburg

Wathen's Distillery unidentified (single barrel)

Sam Houston

Tennessee whiskey[edit]
Main article: Tennessee whiskey

George Dickel Tennessee whiskey

Jack Daniel's (a Brown-Forman brand), Lynchburg, TN

George Dickel (a Diageo brand), Tullahoma, TN

Benjamin Prichard's Tennessee Whiskey, Kelso, TN

Collier and McKeel Tennessee Whiskey, Nashville, TN

Chattanooga Whiskey, Chattanooga, TN (not yet producing Tennessee whiskey)

Other bourbon[edit]

Black Reserve Bourbon Whiskey (a Cleveland Whiskey brand), Cleveland, Ohio[citation needed]

Black Dirt Bourbon (Black Dirt Distillery), Warwick, New York[citation needed]

Breaker Bourbon Ascendant Spirits, Buellton, California[citation needed]

Breckenridge Bourbon Breckenridge Distillery, Breckenridge, Colorado[4]

Cedar Ridge Iowa Bourbon Whiskey, Swisher, Iowa[citation needed]

Dancing Pines Bourbon Dancing Pines Distillery, Loveland, Colorado[5]

Rand and Spear Bourbon Whiskey (a Satori Beverages International brand)

Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey (wheated), Hye, Texas[6]

Hillrock Solera Aged Bourbon (Hillrock Estate Distillery), Ancram, New York[citation needed]

Hirsch Small Batch Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Anchor Distilling
Company), San Francisco, California

Hudson Baby Bourbon (a Tuthilltown Spirits brand), Gardiner, New York

Kings County Distillery Bourbon, Brooklyn, New York

Cougar MGP Indiana, Lawrenceburg, Indiana (a Foster's Group brand, export only, sold
in Australia and New Zealand)

OYO Bourbon, Michelone Reserve, Middle West Spirits, Columbus, Ohio

Thunderbeast Baby Buffalo Bourbon Whiskey, Mad Buffalo Distillery, Union, Missouri[7]

Virginia Gentleman A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Wyoming Whiskey, Kirby, Wyoming[citation needed]

Ozark Distillery Bourbon Whiskey, Osage Beach, Missouri[8]

Corn whiskey[edit]
Main article: Corn whiskey

12 Volts Moonshine, Port Chilkoot Distillery, Haines, Alaska[citation needed]

Alaska Outlaw, Alaska Distillery, Wasilla, Alaska[citation needed]

Copper Run Distillery, Walnut Shade, Missouri[citation needed]

Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey, Heaven Hill Distilleries, Bardstown, Kentucky

Hirsch Selection Special Reserve, Anchor Distilling Company, San Francisco, California[9]

Kings County Distillery Corn Whiskey, Kings County Distillery, Brooklyn, New York

Mellow Corn Kentucky Straight Corn Whiskey, Heaven Hill Distilleries, Louisville, Kentucky

Midnight Moon Moonshine, Piedmont Distillers, Madison, North Carolina

Palmetto Moonshine, Anderson, South Carolina[citation needed]

RoughStock Sweet Corn Whiskey, RoughStock Distillery, Bozeman, Montana [10]

Pinckney Bend Distillery, New Haven, MO[11]

Semper Fi Corn Whiskey Ascendant Spirits, Inc., Buellton, California[citation needed]

Silver Lightning Moonshine Ascendant Spirits, Inc., Buellton, California[citation needed]

Silver Sweet Corn Whiskey, The Indiana Whiskey Company, South Bend, Indiana[12]

Thunderbeast Storm Moonshine Corn Whiskey, Mad Buffalo Distillery, Union, Missouri[7]

Ole Smoky, Ole Smoky Distillery, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Louisiana Lightning Clear Sour Mash Whiskey[citation needed]

Ozark Distillery Corn Whiskey Moonshine, Osage Beach, Missouri[13]

Rye whiskey[edit]

Main article: Rye whiskey

Beam Suntory brands:

Jim Beam Rye

Knob Creek Rye

Old Overholt

(ri)1

Heaven Hill brands:

Pikesville Supreme

Rittenhouse Straight Rye

Trybox Series, New Make Rye

High West Distillery brands:

Rendezvous Rye

Double Rye

12 Year Old Rye - Very Rare

Rocky Mountain Rye 16 Year

Rocky Mountain Rye 21 Year

Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (KBD) brands (and brands exclusively bottled by KBD):

Black Maple Hill Rye

Classic Cask Kentucky Rye

Michter's Rye Whiskey

Red Hook

Willett Family Reserve (single barrel)

Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac):

Tom Moore Distillery:

Buffalo Trace Distillery:

Sazerac

Thomas H. Handy

Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye

Wild Turkey Distillery (also called Austin, Nichols Distillery):

Russell's Reserve Rye

Wild Turkey Rye

Other Brands

Fleischmann's Rye

MGP Indiana distillery:

Bulleit Rye (a Diageo brand)

Dickel Rye (a Diageo brand)

Harrison Rye

High West ryes

Redemption Rye

Templeton Rye

Independent

Roundstone Rye Catoctin Creek

Copper Fox Rye

Hirsch Vintage unknown distillery

Hudson Manhattan Rye Whiskey Tuthilltown Spirits, Gardiner, NY[14]

George Washington's Rye Whiskey, Mount Vernon, Virginia[15]

Old Potrero (Anchor Distillery)

OYO Rye Whiskey, Middle West Spirits, Columbus, Ohio

RoughStock 100% Rye (RoughStock Distillery), Bozeman, Montana[10]

Whistlepig Straight 100% Rye Vermont

Dad's Hat Pennsylvania Rye Whiskey Bristol, PA[16]

Malt whiskey[edit]

Balcones Distilling "1" Texas Single Malt Whisky, Waco, Texas[citation needed]

Cut Spike Distillery Cut Spike Single Malt Whiskey, La Vista, Nebraska[citation needed]

Hillrock Single Malt[citation needed]

Hudson Single Malt[citation needed]

McCarthy's, Mt. Hood, Oregon

New Holland Brewing, Holland, Michigan[17]

Zeppelin Bend

Double Down Barley

Pearse Lyons Reserve (Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company), Lexington, Kentucky[citation
needed]

RoughStock Distillery, Bozeman, Montana[10]

RoughStock Black Label Montana Whiskey

RoughStock Montana Pure Malt Whiskey

St. George Single Malt, Alameda, California

Stranahan's, Denver, Colorado

Swift Single Malt, Dripping Springs, Texas[18]

Wasmunds (Copper Fox Distillery), Sperryville, Virginia

Westland Distillery, Seattle, Washington[19]

Westland American Single Malt

Deacon Seat

Westland Peated Malt

First Peated

Defiant (Blue Ridge Distilling Co., Inc.)[20]

Cedar Ridge Single Malt Whiskey, Cedar Ridge Distillery, Swisher, Iowa[citation needed]

Santa Fe Spirits, Santa Fe, New Mexico[citation needed]

Colkegan Single Malt Whiskey[citation needed]

Silver Coyote Pure Malt Whiskey[citation needed]

Wheat whiskey[edit]

Bernheim Original Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky

Cedar Ridge Wheat Whiskey, Cedar Ridge Distillery, Swisher, Iowa

Dry Fly wheat whiskey, Dry Fly Distilling, Spokane, Washington

OYO Wheat Whiskey, Middle West Spirits, Columbus, Ohio

RoughStock Spring Wheat Whiskey (RoughStock Distillery), Bozeman, Montana[10]

TOPO Organic Distillery, Chapel Hill, NC[21]

Blended whiskey[edit]

Beam Suntory brands, Jim Beam Distillery, Clermont, Kentucky:

Beam's Eight Star

Calvert Extra

Kessler's

Diageo brands, Seagram, Stamford, Connecticut:

Seagram's Seven Crown

Jeremiah Weed

Heaven Hill brands, Heaven Hill Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky:

Heaven Hill

Gukenheimer

Kentucky Deluxe

Kentucky Beau

T. W. Samuels

Wilson

High West Distillery brands:

Campfire

Bourye

Son Of Bourye

Luxco brands:

D. Nicholson 1843

Davies County

Wall Street

Sazerac brands (and brands produced exclusively by Sazerac) at the Tom Moore
Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky:

Barton Premium Blend

Barton Reserve

Fleishmann's Preferred

Imperial

Kentucky Gentleman

Old Thompson

Sazerac brands at other distilleries:

Ancient Age Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky


Abraham Bowman Virginia Whiskey A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Fredericksburg,
Virginia

Australian whisky[edit]
Main article: Australian whisky
Australia produces a number of single malt whiskies. Tasmanian whiskies in particular are
receiving global attention. Australian whiskies are winning an increasing number of global whisky
awards and medals, including for example in the World Whiskies Awards and Jim Murray's
Whisky Bible 'Liquid Gold Awards'.[22][23]
Australian whisky distilleries include:[24][25]

Bakery Hill Distillery, Victoria

Belgrove Distillery

Black Gate Distillery

Booie Range Distillery

Castle Glen Australia

Corio Whisky Distillery

Corowa Whisky Distillery

Great Southern Distilling Company (Limeburners Single Malt Whisky), Western Australia

Hellyers Road Distillery, Tasmania

Hoochery Distillery

Lark Distillery, Tasmania

Mackey's Distillery (still in maturation, no whisky released yet), Tasmania

Nant Distillery, Tasmania

New World Whisky Distillery (Starward Whisky)

Old Hobart Distillery, Tasmania

Redlands Distillery

Samuel Smith & Son (Smith's Angaston Whisky).

Small Concern Whisky Distillery (Cradle Mountain Whisky), Tasmania, Australia.

Tasmania Distillery (Sullivans Cove Single Malt Whisky), Tasmania

Timboon Railway Shed Distillery, Timboon, Victoria

Triptych Distillery

Wild Swan Distilling Company

William McHenry & Sons Distillery, Tasmania

Canadian whisky[edit]
Main article: Canadian whisky

Bottles of Canadian Club Whisky for sale at a liquor store in Iizaka, Fukushima, Japan

Beam Suntory brands:

Alberta Premium

Brown-Forman brands:

Canadian Mist Canadian Mist Distillery, Collingwood, Ontario

Collingwood Whisky

Diageo brands:

Crown Royal

Seagram's 83 Canadian Whisky

Seagram's Five Star Rye Whisky

Seagram's VO

Glenora Distillers, Glenville, Nova Scotia (independent)

Glen Breton Rare

William Grant & Sons, Windsor, Ontario

Canadian Club

Gibsons Finest Canadian Whisky

Highwood Distillery, High River, Alberta

Centennial 10 Year Old Rye Whisky

Highwood Canadian Rye Whisky

Saskatchewan Wheatland Rye Whisky

15 year plus Century Reserve

Century Reserve 21 year old

White Owl White Whisky

Forty Creek, Ontario (a part of Gruppo Campari)

Forty Creek

Mountain Rock

Hood River Distillers

Pendleton Whisky

Pemberton Distillery (independent)

Pure Gold

Organic Single Malt

Pernod Ricard SA brands: at the Corby Distilleries, Toronto

Corby Royal Reserve

Hiram Walker Special Old

Lot 40

McGuinness Silk Tassel

Pike Creek 10 Year Old

Wiser's

Sazerac Company brands:

Barton's Canadian

Canadian Host

Canadian LTD

Canadian Supreme

Canadian Hunter

Caribou Crossing

James Foxe

Mr. Boston Five Star

Northern Light

Rich & Rare

Royal Canadian

English whisky[edit]
Main article: English Whisky

The English Whisky Co.

3 year old.

Finnish whisky[edit]
Main article: Finnish whisky

Panimoravintola Beer Hunter's Old Buck whisky

Panimoravintola Beer Hunter's

Old Buck

Teerenpeli

German whisky[edit]
Main article: German whisky

Schlitzer Destillerie

Glen Slitisa

Bellerhof

Grner Hund Vintage 1991

Blaue Maus Vintage 1993

Krottentaler Vintage 1994

Schwarzer Pirat Vintage 1995

Spinnaker 1997

Coillmr

Coillmr Single Malt Whisky

Gruel

Danne's Schwbischer Whisky vom Bellerhof, formerly Bellerhof-Whisky

Blaue Maus Whisky-Destillerie

Schlitzer Burgen

Gruel Single Grain Whisky

Hhler

Whessky, Irish Style

Whessky, Scottish Style Single Malt

Whessky, Rye Style

Whessky, Bourbon Style

Home of The Glen Els Hammerschmiede 1250

The Glen Els,

The Alrik, 100% Woodsmoked

Rabel

Schwbischer Whisky

Reiner Msslein

Whisky von der Alb (Spelt Whisky)

Frnkischer Whiskey

Slyrs

Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt

Sonnenschein

Volker Theurer

Black Horse Original Ammertal Malt & Grain Whisky

Indian whisky[edit]
Main article: Indian whisky

Bagpiper whisky advertisement painted on a liquor store wall inPondicherry

2 Barrels[26]

21st Century[27]

24 Carat Whisky[28]

8 PM

After Dark

Antiquity

Aristocrat

Bachelor[29]

Bagpiper

Best Choice Whisky[30]

Blacpower[29]

Black Jack Whisky[31]

Black Knight[32]

Black Stallion[33]

Blenders Pride

Blue Bull[32]

Blue Patrol[34]

Board's Verdict[35]

Brihans Premium Whisky[36]

Bonus Fine[37]

Casino Club[38]

Castle Club[29]

Capricorn[39]

Cellar 117[32]

Chevalier Whisky[40]

Classic[29]

Colonel's Special[32]

Diamond Whisky[30]

Diplomat Deluxe[32]

Director's Special

Divine Sip[41][42]

Doctor's Choice No. 1 Deluxe Whisky[36]

Double Dog[36]

DSP Black

Dupleix[43]

Evening Special[41][42]

Everyday Gold Prestige Whisky[34]

Gold Class[44]

Gold Medal Whisky[45]

Gold Rush[46]

Golden Eagle[32]

Golden Chariot[29]

Golden Border Whisky[36]

Grand Duke

GS Genius[27]

Gypsy[27]

Havaldar Whisky[36]

Haywards Fine Whisky[47]

Hero No.1 Whisky[36]

High Birds[35]

Hottt Silk[29]

Imperial Blue

Imperial Falcon[28]

Konarak Malt Whisky[48]

Legend[27]

Mansion House Whisky[29]

MaQintosh

Malbros[49]

McDowell's Diplomat[50][51]

McDowell's No.1

McDowell's Green Label, formerly Gilbey's Green Label[52]

Mens Choice Fine Whisky[31]

Milestone 100[27]

Million Dollar[53]

MMB[32]

Mougal Monarch

Mysore Lancer[31]

Naina Premium Whisky[36][54]

Officer's Choice

Old Oak[55]

Old Tavern

Original Choice

Peter Scot

Pioneer No. 1[56]

President[28]

President's Pride[57]

Prestige

Pure Gold[28]

Raffles Whisky[58]

Red Caveliar[44]

Red Knight

The Rockford Reserve[59]

Rowson's Reserve

Royal Arms[49]

Royal Challenge

Royal Circle

Royal Choice[29]

Royal Gold[38]

Royal Gold Cup Whisky[31]

Royal Special

Royal Stag

Senate[29]

Senate Royale[29]

Signature

Silver Jet Whisky[28]

Seven Knights[35]

Shot Whisky[29]

Solan No.1[32]

Stud Whisky[44]

Summer Hall[32]

Sunny Malted Whisky[27]

Tip Top Whisky[56]

Top Brass[32]

White & Blue[60]

White House[29]

Whytehall[61]

Indian single malts[edit]

Amrut

Paul John (also sold in single cask variants)

McDowell's Single Malt[62][63]

Irish whiskey[edit]
Main article: Irish whiskey

Irish single malts[edit]

Bushmills whiskey on display at the Old Bushmills Distillery

Brogan's Legacy Irish Single Malt

A Drop of the Irish

Bushmills Single Malt

Cadenhead's Peated Single Malt

Clonmel Single Malt

Clontarf

Connemara

Erin Go Bragh

Inish Beg Turk Single Malt

Knappogue Castle

Locke's Single Malt

Merrys Single Malt

Michael Collins Single Malt

Preston Millennium Malt

Shanahans

Shannon Grain Single Malt

Slaney Malt

Suir Peated Malt

The Irishman Single Malt

The Wild Geese Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Tullamore Dew Single Malt

Tyrconnell

Single pot still whiskeys[edit]

Midleton Very Rare with box

Main article: Single pot still whiskey

Daly's of Tullamore

Dungourney 1964

Dunville's VR

Dunville's Three Crowns

Green Spot

Jameson 15 Year Old Pot Still

Midleton

Old Comber

Redbreast

Willie Napier 1945

Blended Irish whiskeys[edit]

Avoca

Crested Ten

Hewitts

Ballygeary

Dunphys

Inishowen

Brennans

Erin's Isle

Jameson Irish Whiskey

Bushmills

Feckin Irish Whiskey

John L. Sullivan Irish Whiskey

Cassidy's

Finian's Five Provinces

Kilbeggan

Clontarf 1014

Golden Irish

Locke's

Coleraine

Grace

Michael Collins Blend

Concannon

Single grain Irish whiskeys[edit]

Greenore

Japanese whisky[edit]
Main article: Japanese whisky

Chita

From The Barrel

Fuji Gotemba

Hakushu

Hibiki

Kaku-bin

Nikka

Suntory

Yamazaki

Yoichi

Scotch whisky[edit]
Main article: Scotch whisky

Single malt scotch[edit]


Main article: Single malt Scotch
Campbeltown Single Malts[edit]
Main article: Campbeltown Single Malts

Campbeltown

Glen Scotia

Hazelburn

Kilkerran

Longrow

Springbank

Highland Single Malts[edit]


Main article: Highland Single Malts

Aberfeldy

Balblair

Ben Nevis

Clynelish

The Dalmore

Dalwhinnie

Deanston

Edradour

Fettercairn

Glencadam

Glendronach

Glengoyne

Glen Garioch

Glenmorangie

Glen Ord

Glenturret

Glenugie

Knockdhu

Loch Lomond

The Macallan

McClelland

Millburn

North Port

Oban

Old Pulteney

Royal Brackla

Royal Lochnagar

Tomatin

Tullibardine

Island Single Malts[edit]


Main article: Island Single Malts

Arran

Highland Park

Isle of Jura

Ledaig

Scapa

Talisker

Tobermory

Islay Single Malts[edit]


Main article: Islay Single Malts

Ardbeg

Bowmore

Bruichladdich

Bunnahabhain

Caol Ila

Kilchoman

Lagavulin

Laphroaig

Port Askaig

Port Ellen

Port Charlotte

Lowland Single Malts[edit]


Main article: Lowland Single Malts

Ailsa Bay

Annandale

Auchentoshan

Bladnoch

Daftmill

Glenkinchie

Inverleven

Kinclaith

Ladyburn

Rosebank

St Magdalene

Speyside Single Malts[edit]


Main article: Speyside Single Malts

Aberfeldy

Braeval

Glen Deveron

Glen M

Aberlour

Brora

GlenDronach

Glenro

Allt-A-Bhainne

Caperdonich

Glendullan

Glen S

AnCnoc

Cardhu

Glen Elgin

Glenta

Ardmore

Coleburn

Glenesk

Glen T

Auchroisk

Convalmore

Glenfarclas

Glenu

Aultmore

Cragganmore

Glenfiddich

Highla

Balmenach

Craigellachie[64]

Glen Flagler

Imper

The Balvenie

Dailuaine

Glenglassaugh

Inchgo

Bell's & Sons

Dallas Dhu

Glen Grant

Knock

Banff

Dufftown

The Glenlivet

Linkw

BenRiach

Fettercairn

Glenlochy

Littlem

Benrinnes

Glen Albyn

Glenlossie

Longm

Benromach

Glenallachie

Glen Mhor

Manno

Brackla

Glenburgie

Glen Keith

Milton

Grain Scotch whisky[edit]

Cameron Brig

Girvan

Invergordon Grain Distillery

North British

Starlaw Distillery

Strathclyde

Blended Malt Scotch whisky[edit]


Main article: Blended malt whisky

Angels' Nectar[65]

Monkey Shoulder

Poit Dhubh

Sheep Dip

Sheep Dip Old Hebridean

Blended Scotch whisky[edit]

Bailie Nicol Jarvie

Dimple

Hunter's Glen

Ballantine's

Douglas XO

Jon, Mark, and Robb

Bell's

Dynamic Woman

Johnnie Walker

Beneagles

The Famous Grouse

J&B

Black & White

Gallacher & Dunn

Label 5

Black Bottle

Grand Old Parr

Long John

Black Dog (bottled in India)

Grand Macnish

Buchanan's

Chivas Regal

Grant's

Haig

Clan MacGregor

Hankey Bannister

Cutty Sark

Highland Axe

Dewar's

Highland Queen blended Scotch Whisky

Independent bottlers of Scotch whisky[edit]

A. D. Rattray

Adelphi

Blackadder

Cadenhead's

Chieftains

Compass Box Whisky

The Creative Whisky Company

Douglas Laing & Co

Douglas of Drumlanrig

Duncan Taylor

Gordon & MacPhail

Hart Brothers

Ian Macleod Distillers

Sandy Mac Old Scot


Whisky

MaQ Scotch[66]

Morriston Gold

James MacArthur

Liquid Sun

Master of Malt[68]

Murray McDavid

Old Malt Cask

Queen of the Moorlands

Robert Scott

The Scotch Malt Whisky Society

Signatory

Spencerfield Spirit Company

Whiskybroker.co.uk

Wild Scotsman

South African whisky[edit]

Bain's Cape Mountain Whisky[69]

Knights Whisky[70]

Three Ships Whisky[71]

Draymans Highveld Single Malt[72]

Welsh whisky[edit]
Main article: Welsh whisky

Penderyn

Other whiskies[edit]

A bottle of Mackmyra Den frsta utgvan (first edition) and boxes

Glann ar Mor, Brittany France

Manx Spirit Isle of Man

Zuidam Netherlands[73]

Frysk Hynder Netherlands

45 South New Zealand[74]

Lammerlaw New Zealand[74]

Milford New Zealand[74]

Wilson's New Zealand[74]

DYC Spain

Mackmyra Sweden

Smgen Sweden[75]

Box Sweden

Sntis Malt Switzerland[76]

Kavalan Taiwan

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