:Single barrel whiskey

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Single barrel whiskey (or single cask whiskey) is a premium class of whiskey in which each bottle comes from an individual aging barrel, 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.{{cite web|title=Glendronach Confusion (or What is a "Single Cask"?)|url=http://www.myannoyingopinions.com/2014/02/14/glendronach-confusion-single-cask/|website=My Annoying Opinions|date=14 February 2014 |access-date=11 July 2014}} 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 =

Balvenie (has released several single cask bottlings of single malt Scotch whisky{{cite book|isbn=9057642360|title=The single malt companion|author=Helen Arthur|publisher=Libero|year=2002|orig-year=1997|translator=Lisbeth Machielsen|language=nl|page=66}})
Glenfarclas (The Family Casks series{{Cite web|url=http://glenfarclas.com/whisky/the-family-casks/|title=The Family Casks - Glenfarclas|website=glenfarclas.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-09-13}})
Many independent bottlers of single malt Scotch whisky produce single cask offerings
Berry Brothers & Rudd
Scotch Malt Whisky Society

= North American =

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Buffalo Trace Distillery (a Sazerac Company distillery)
Blanton's (a single barrel Bourbon){{Cite web|url=https://www.blantonsbourbon.com/|title=Blanton's Bourbon: The Original Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey|website=Blanton's Bourbon|language=en|access-date=2018-09-23}}
Eagle Rare (a Bourbon brand which has 10- and 17-year single barrel expressions)
Rock Hill Farms (a single barrel bourbon)
Heaven Hill
Elijah Craig (a bourbon brand which has multiple single barrel expressions)
Evan Williams (a single barrel vintage bourbon{{Cite news|url=https://evanwilliams.com/|title=Evan Williams Bourbon {{!}} Home|last=Bourbon|first=Evan Williams|work=Evan Williams Bourbon|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en}})
Henry McKenna (10-year bonded single barrel)
Jack Daniel's Distillery (a Brown-Forman Corporation distillery)
Jack Daniel's Single Barrel (a single barrel Tennessee whiskey)
Jack Daniel's Silver Select (available at duty-free shops){{Cite web|url=https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/whiskey/single-barrel|title=Single Barrel Collection|website=Jack Daniel's|date=24 April 2016 |language=en-us-US|access-date=2018-09-23}}
Jim Beam (has released a single barrel bourbon){{cite web | url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-23/jim-beams-new-single-barrel-bourbon-is-95-proof-and-kid-rock-likes-it | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223221314/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-23/jim-beams-new-single-barrel-bourbon-is-95-proof-and-kid-rock-likes-it | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 23, 2013 | title=Jim Beam's New Single-Barrel Bourbon Is 95 Proof, and Kid Rock Likes It | publisher=BusinessWeek | work=BusinessWeek.com | date=December 23, 2014 | access-date=March 20, 2014 | author=Leonard, Devin}}
Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (an independent bottling company)
Michter's (a brand which has single barrel bourbon and rye[http://www.bourbonsbistro.com/bourbonlist.pdf Bourbon's Bistro Whiskey List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708085554/http://www.bourbonsbistro.com/bourbonlist.pdf |date=2011-07-08 }}, Bourbon's Bistro. (Accessed January 2011) expressions)
Willett Pot Still Reserve (a single barrel bourbon)
Willett Family Estate (single barrel bourbon and rye[http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7153 The newest Willett family estate Rye], StraightBourbon.com. (Access date January 2011).)
Knob Creek Distillery (a Beam Inc. distillery)
Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve (a bourbon aged 9 years){{Cite web|url=https://www.knobcreek.com/single-barrel/|title=Knob Creek – Single Barrel Reserve|access-date=September 23, 2018}}
Four Roses Distillery (offers single barrel bourbon){{Cite web|url=http://fourrosesbourbon.com/single-barrel/|title=Four Roses Bourbon Four Roses Single Barrel|website=fourrosesbourbon.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-23}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060303192049/http://www.straightbourbon.com/articles/mwsbb.html "Single Barrel and Small Batch Bourbon"]

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