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Single barrel whiskey (or single cask whiskey) is a premium class of whiskey in which each bottle comes from an individual aging
Single barrel whiskey (or single cask whiskey) is a premium class of whiskey in which each bottle comes from an individual aging barrel
A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, ...
, instead of coming from blending together the contents of various barrels to provide uniformity of color and taste. By contrast, some other whiskeys, even ones that are not blends, may be combined from more than one batch, or even from differing years to achieve consistency. The whiskey from each barrel is bottled separately, with each bottle bearing the barrel number and in most cases the dates for the beginning and end of aging. Each barrel is believed to contribute unique characteristics to the finished whiskey.
There has been some recent controversy over whether single cask whiskeys are indeed all from single casks. Whiskeys sold by Scottish distilleries such as Ben Nevis and GlenDronach as "single casks" have been revealed to be vattings of multiple barrels, which may have been of different kinds, with the "single cask" designation referring only to the final cask for maturation. In the absence of specific regulation regarding this language, it is not clear to what extent this practice is prevalent in the industry as a whole.
Single barrels may further be at cask strength or non-chill-filtered
Chill filtering is a method in whisky making for removing residue. In chill filtering, whisky is cooled to between and passed through a fine adsorption filter. This is done mostly for cosmetic reasons — to remove cloudiness — howev ...
to further avoid adulterating the taste of a cask.
Brands
The following is a list of some single barrel whiskeys:Scotch
*Balvenie
The Balvenie distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, Scotland, owned by William Grant & Sons.
History
William Grant was born on 19 December 1839 in his father's house in Dufftown. At seven he began herdi ...
(has released several single cask bottlings of single malt Scotch whisky
Scotch whisky (; sco, Scots whisky/whiskie, whusk(e)y; often simply called whisky or Scotch) is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland.
All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley. Commercial distil ...
)
* Glenfarclas (The Family Casks series)
* Many independent bottlers
It has been common practice in the whisky industry for more than a century for distilleries to sell barrels of whisky to blenders and independent bottlers as a means of making additional income.Berry Brothers & Rudd
** Scotch Malt Whisky Society
*
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North American
* Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery is a distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, owned by the Sazerac Company. It has historically been known by several names, including the George T. Stagg Distillery and the Old Fashioned Copper (O.F.C.) Distillery. Its namesak ...
(a Sazerac Company distillery)
** Blanton's (a single barrel Bourbon)
** Eagle Rare (a Bourbon brand which has 10- and 17-year single barrel expressions)
** Rock Hill Farms (a single barrel bourbon)
* Heaven Hill
**Elijah Craig
Elijah Craig (November 15, 1738 – May 18, 1808) was an American Baptist Religious minister, preacher, who became an educator and capitalist entrepreneur in the area of Virginia that later became the state of Kentucky. He has sometimes, althou ...
(a bourbon brand which has multiple single barrel expressions)
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(a single barrel vintage bourbon)
** Henry McKenna (10-year bonded single barrel)
* Jack Daniel's Distillery (a Brown-Forman Corporation distillery)
** Jack Daniel's Single Barrel (a single barrel Tennessee whiskey)
** Jack Daniel's Silver Select (available at duty-free shops)
* Jim Beam (has released a single barrel bourbon)
* Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (an independent bottling company)
** Michter's (a brand which has single barrel bourbon and rye expressions)
** Willett Pot Still Reserve
Willett Pot Still Reserve Bourbon is brand of a bourbon whiskey produced in Bardstown, Kentucky by the Willett Distillery. (also see reply comment by Drew Kulsveen, January 22, 2008, and additional replies by others). It is a Kentucky straight b ...
(a single barrel bourbon)
** Willett Family Estate (single barrel bourbon and rye)
* Knob Creek Distillery (a Beam Inc.
Beam Suntory, Inc. is an American-founded, Japanese multinational company that produces alcoholic beverages. It is a subsidiary of Suntory, based in Osaka, Japan.
It is the third largest producer of distilled beverages worldwide, behind Diageo ...
distillery)
** Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve (a bourbon aged 9 years)
* Four Roses Distillery (offers single barrel bourbon)
See also
* Bottled in bond * Single malt whisky *Small batch whiskey
Small batch whiskey is whiskey produced by mixing the contents of a relatively small number of selected barrels. Small batch whiskeys are commercially positioned for the upper-premium market. The term is most commonly used for American whiskey bu ...
* Outline of whisky
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to whisky:
Whisky (also spelled whiskey) is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are us ...
References
External links
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