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Long revered as home to numerous distilleries and a number of distinct regional
whisky styles (note the lack of an “e” in whisky when referring to Scotch),
Scotland boasts of a world-class and well established heritage of whisky distilling.
Scotch whiskies themselves are divided into three types. Single Malt Scotch
Whiskies are produced from 100% malted barley and are the product of a single
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Blended Scotch Whisky involves the addition of malt whiskies to grain whiskies
(typically made with maize or corn), and today's Master Blenders skillfully
marry as many as 30 constituent malt whiskies with grain whiskies to produce
flavorful and balanced blends. Somewhere between lies vatted, or pure malt whiskies,
which are a mixture of malt whiskies alone, without any grain whisky added.
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Since 1810, Isle of Jura has been the only malt produced on a remote
and romantic island in the Inner Hebrides. Although the island lies
just to the north of Islay, and though the whisky is classified as
a Highland Malt, it is a completely unique style that defies classic
geographic categorization. Available in the United States in a 10 Year
Old expression, a 16 Year Old expression and Superstition – an
exciting combination of the traditional lightly-peated Jura style and
a more heavily-peated malt.
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Cluny Scotch Whisky is one of America's top selling domestically bottled blended
Scotches, made up of a marriage of over 30 malt whiskies from all regions of
Scotland and the finest aged grain whiskies. Cluny's high malt whisky content
gives it a richer flavor and superior taste to like-priced competitors, making
it one of the best overall values in the Scotch category today.
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One of the few vatted or pure malts available in the US, Glen Salen contains
only malt whiskies, but is a careful marriage of single malts from over 35 different
distilleries. The result is a fine mature whisky that appeals to both blended
Scotch drinkers as well as Single Malt connoisseurs.
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