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Region, cask, age — from distillery records and tasting notes.
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American Single Malt
A US craft-era whisky category — 100% malted barley from one US distillery; formal federal standards adopted 2024.
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Ardbeg Distillery
Islay south-coast distillery founded 1815 — known for clean, intense peat phenol and a deep underground purifier.
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- Islay
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Australian Whisky
Whisky distilled in Australia — Tasmanian single malts particularly recognised since the 1990s revival.
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Blended Scotch
A blend of single malt and single grain Scotch whiskies — the dominant Scotch category by volume since the 19th century.
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Bourbon
American whiskey made from a grain mash of at least 51% corn, aged in new charred oak — defined by US federal law.
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Campbeltown
A single town on the Kintyre peninsula recognised as a Scotch whisky region — three active distilleries; 30+ in the 19th century.
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- Campbeltown
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Canadian Whisky
Whisky produced and matured in Canada — defined by the Canadian Food and Drugs Act; typically multi-grain and column-distilled.
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Cask Finishing
Transferring whisky to a different cask type for a final maturation period — a 1990s-pioneered flavour-led practice.
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Column (Continuous) Still
Continuous distillation in a column still — patented by Aeneas Coffey in 1830; the basis of grain whisky, bourbon, and most spirits.
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Cooley Peninsula
Northeast Ireland — home to Cooley Distillery, the first new Irish whiskey distillery in over 100 years when founded in 1987.
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- Cooley Peninsula
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Copita Nosing Glass
Stemmed, tulip-shaped tasting glass — the traditional professional Scotch blender's vessel; predecessor to the Glencairn.
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Ex-Bourbon Oak Cask
American white oak (Quercus alba) barrels previously used for bourbon — the dominant cask type for Scotch and global whisky maturation.
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