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Understanding the different whiskies

Single Malt: The "Single Malt" appellation is reserved for whiskies from a single distillery that use only one malted grain, usually barley.

Single Cask: A Single Cask whisky is, as its name suggests, made from a single cask, without blending. The term "Single Cask" literally means "a single cask".

Single Grain: Grain whisky is a spirit made from cereals other than malted barley. Wheat, rye, corn and buckwheat are used to create grain whisky. This selection of cereals is used to create well-known whiskies such as bourbon and rye whiskey.

Blended Whisky: Blended and single malt whiskies are distinguished by their blending process. Whereas single malt is produced from a single grain and a single distillery, blended is a mixture of several whiskies from different distilleries.

Single Pot Still: By now, you're familiar with the famous Single Malt, made only from malted barley, and the Single Grain, made from a variety of cereals. Single Pot Still falls somewhere between these two categories, as it is made from both malted and unmalted barley.

Peated whisky: Peat is an organic material obtained from the decomposition of plants (grass, heather, moss, etc.) and sediments in peat bogs, water-saturated expanses found mainly in Scotland and other parts of Europe. It acts as a natural fuel for drying malt.

Brut de fût: The term "brut de fût" means that the whisky has not been altered after barrel aging. Generally speaking, most whiskies are diluted to a standard alcohol level by adding water before bottling, to ensure the homogeneity of each batch. A brut de fût whisky, on the other hand, is bottled as it comes out of the cask, without any addition or subtraction.