Scotch 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Drinking Scotch
Whiskey may be slightly intimidating, but scotch is often seen as a well-seasoned drinker’s alcohol of choice. While scotch flows freely in its homeland of Scotland, it’s a more difficult drink for Americans to get into. It might be time for you to start filling your custom whiskey glasses with hard-to-pronounce scotches. Here are some of the things you need to know about drinking scotch. Engraved Glasses Single-Malt or Blended? First, you have to choose your scotch. This is entirely a matter of taste preference. A single-malt scotch is made with malted-barley whisky from a single distillery. However, this can mean different barrels or batches from within the distillery. The year on the scotch label indicates the youngest barrel used in the scotch. A blended scotch is made from whisky from two or more distilleries. Blended scotch also often uses different grains, such as barley, wheat, and corn. What you put in your custom engraved glasses to sip elegantly is up to you. Choose the...