Ask a Distiller: What Does Single Pot Still Mean in Whiskey?

It’s a question that, across culture, politics, and religion, the Irish have been asking themselves for decades: How can we set Ireland apart from our counterparts in the U.K.? Irish whiskey makers found their answer in unmalted barley. The simplest definition of single pot still Irish whiskey is a distillate with a mixed mash bill of both malted and unmalted barley, says Alex Chasko, whose official title at Teeling Whiskey is chief technical officer but who really performs the tasks of master distiller and master blender. The article Ask a Distiller: What Does Single Pot Still Mean in Whiskey? appeared first on VinePair.