The Gaelic brands are the blended whisky Te Bheag, the lighter blend Mac Na Mara, and the eight-year-old vatted malt Poit Dhubh. |
To mark its 175th anniversary, Talisker is issuing a limited edition, specially vatted malt from a few carefully selected casks. |
The SWA is worried producers may have to reveal secrets about each individual spirit that goes into blended whiskies and vatted malts. |
On the face of it, Diageo's decision to change its Cardhu single malt into a vatted or pure malt seems no big deal. |
Whisky experts are not convinced that the vatted malt issue is anything other than a storm in a quaich. |
The group tried to change the formula for its Cardhu brand last year from a single malt to a vatted malt, while retaining the same name. |