Articles in 'Vatted malts'

Simply misunderstood

Dave Broom sticks up for the overlooked 'oddball' of the whisky world, with some expert help

It was halfway through the tasting for the last issue that it struck me that no-one really understands what a vatted malt is: it’s the poor relation of the whisky industry, not quite a blend, not quite a malt either. Vatted malts are so … marginal. The idea – a ‘blend’ of single malts – is simple en...

By Dave Broom from Issue 25 published on 16/8/2002