Grain whisky -

Grain whisky is made from grains other than malted barley, like maize (corn), wheat or rye. Grain whiskies can contain some malted barley, though. At least when produced in Scotland, that’s when they are required to. Most of the American whiskies or Canadian whiskies are grain-based.

September 2, 2019

The Girvan Patent Still No.4 Apps Whisky

This is a review of the Girvan Patent Still No.4 Apps Whisky – a single grain whisky from the legendary single grain makers of Girvan distillery. Girvan distillery was built in 1963 under the direction of Charles Gordon, the great grandson of William Grant (founder of William Grant & Sons). […]

June 28, 2019

Glendalough Double Barrel Single Grain Irish Whiskey

Glendalough Double Barrel Single Grain comes from a quite new Irish Whiskey brand. Glendalough is an independent distillery founded in 2011 by five Irish friends interested in craft distilling. The whiskey has been made out of a single grain, which in this case means Irish corn whiskey sourced from Cooley […]

June 28, 2019

Bain’s Cape Mountain Single Grain whisky review

Bain’s Cape Mountain Single Grain Whisky comes from the town of Wellington in South Africa. The whisky brand gets its name after Andrew Geddes Bain. In 1853 he built the Bainskloof Pass which is the road that connects Wellington (where the distillery is based) to the interior of the country. […]

October 22, 2016

Compass Box Hedonism Blended Grain review

Compass Box Hedonism was first released in the year 2000, and it was the first of its kind – a blended grain whisky. Another innovation by the tireless innovators from Compass Box. This small independent bottler has really been a pioneering facet in whisky industry, they’ve even managed to upset […]

January 23, 2015

Teeling Single Grain Cabernet Cask Finish review

This Irish whiskey surely is not the most usual dram, you will bump into. Single grain whiskies aren’t made that much at the moment. And on top of that, Teeling decided to finish their single grain in Californian Cabernet Sauvignon casks. In 2014, it won “World’s Best Grain” at the World […]