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Single barrel whiskey (or single cask whiskey) is a premium class of
whiskey Whisky or whiskey is a type of liquor made from Fermentation in food processing, fermented grain mashing, mash. Various grains (which may be Malting, malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, Maize, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky ...
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 stave (wood), staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers ...
, 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 to further avoid adulterating the taste of a cask.


Brands

The following is a list of some single barrel whiskeys:


Scotch

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Balvenie Balvenie distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery located in Dufftown, Scotland. Is owned by William Grant & Sons. History William Grant was born on 19 December 1839 in his father's house in Dufftown. At seven he be ...
(has released several single cask bottlings of single malt Scotch whisky) *
Glenfarclas Glenfarclas distillery is a Speyside whisky distillery in Ballindalloch, Scotland. The distillery is owned and run by the Grant family. History There is evidence that the distillery first started operations sometime before 1791. The distillery ...
(The Family Casks series) * Many independent bottlers of single malt Scotch whisky produce single cask offerings **
Berry Brothers & Rudd Berry Bros. & Rudd (BBR) is a family-run British wine and spirits merchant founded in London, England, in 1698, although they did not become wine merchants until the late 18th century. Since 1698, the company has grown from initially a small c ...
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Scotch Malt Whisky Society The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS), founded in Edinburgh in 1983, is a membership organisation which bottles and sells single cask, single malt whisky. It purchases individual casks from more than 170 malt whisky distilleries in Scotland a ...


North American

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Buffalo Trace Distillery Buffalo Trace Distillery is a distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, owned by the Sazerac Company. It has historically been known by several names, including the George T. Stagg Distillery and the Old Fire Copper (O.F.C.) Distillery. I ...
(a
Sazerac Company Sazerac Company, Inc. is a privately held American alcoholic beverage company headquartered in Metairie in the metropolitan area of New Orleans, Louisiana, but with its principal office in Louisville, Kentucky. The company is owned by William ...
distillery) **
Blanton's Blanton's is a brand of bourbon whiskey produced and marketed by the Sazerac Company. Though it does not own the brand, it has exclusive distilling rights. It is owned by Age International, Inc. It is distilled in Frankfort, Kentucky at the Buffa ...
(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 Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. is a private family-owned and -operated American distillery, founded in 1935 and headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky, that produces and markets the Heaven Hill brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a vari ...
** Elijah Craig (a bourbon brand which has multiple single barrel expressions) ** Evan Williams (a single barrel
vintage In winemaking, vintage is the process of picking grapes to create wine. A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine ...
bourbon) **
Henry McKenna Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. is a private family-owned and -operated American distillery, founded in 1935 and headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky, that produces and markets the Heaven Hill brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a varie ...
(10-year bonded single barrel) *
Jack Daniel's Distillery Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey produced at Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, which has been owned by the Brown–Forman Corporation since 1956. Packaged in square bottles, Jack Daniel's "Black Label" Tennessee w ...
(a Brown-Forman Corporation distillery) ** Jack Daniel's Single Barrel (a single barrel
Tennessee whiskey Tennessee Whiskey is straight whiskey produced in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Although it has been legally defined as a bourbon whiskey in some international trade agreements, most current producers of Tennessee Whiskey disclaim references to ...
) ** Jack Daniel's Silver Select (available at
duty-free shop A duty-free shop or store is a retail outlet whose goods are exempt from the payment of certain local or national taxes and duties, on the requirement that the goods will be sold to travelers who will take them out of the country, who will ...
s) *
Jim Beam Jim Beam is an American brand of bourbon whiskey produced primarily at James B. Beam Distilling Co. in Clermont, Kentucky by Suntory Global Spirits. It is one of the best-selling brands of bourbon in the world. Since 1795 (interrupted by Prohi ...
(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 (a single barrel bourbon) **
Willett Family Estate Willett may refer to: People *Willett (name) Places Municipalities * Willett (Columbus, Georgia), neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia * Willett, South Dakota, a ghost town *Willett, hamlet of Elworthy, England Geographic features * Willett Cove, c ...
(single barrel bourbon and rye) * Knob Creek Distillery (a Beam Inc. distillery) ** Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve (a bourbon aged 9 years) * Four Roses Distillery (offers single barrel bourbon)


See also

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Bottled in bond Bottled in bond (BIB) is a label for an American-produced distilled beverage that has been aged and bottled according to a set of legal regulations contained in the United States government's Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits, as origin ...
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Single malt whisky Single malt whisky is malt whisky from a single Distillation, distillery. Single malts are typically associated with single malt Scotch, though they are also produced in various other countries. Under the United Kingdom's Scotch Whisky Regulat ...
* Small batch whiskey *
Outline of whisky The following Outline (list), outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to whisky: Whisky (also "whiskey") – Distilled beverage, distilled alcoholic beverage made from Fermentation in food processing, fer ...


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