The two single malts are distilled in Japan and Morrison Bowmore handles the sales in Europe.
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society of America specializes in bottling single cask, single malts.
The attraction of single malts is that it comes from one distillery that is what gives it its individuality.
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From Glencairn Crystal glasses (the slightly tapered nosing glasses used by master blenders), hushed drinkers sip their Nikka single malts.
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It's a fair thing to say that no single malts taste the same, and many connoisseurs will swear by their particular brand.
Neeta has had weddings where clients demanded a full selection of single malts be shipped from Ireland, and caked flown in fresh baked from Paris.
Because there are so many different styles of single malts, and a subsequent diversity of tastes, I have broken down the top ten list by regions.
What is an important fact is that recently Irish whiskies, both blended and single malts, have been enjoying resurgence among the growing ranks of dark spirit fans.
The bottom line is that Japan has a long history of whiskey production, with a focus on higher end single malts, often aged 12 or more years.
Sales of less-expensive blended Scotch were flat, while sales of single malts grew at a 7% rate and sales of superpremium Irish whiskey soared by 44%, albeit from a far smaller base.
Single malts (distinctive products of individual distilleries, rather than mixtures of whiskies from different sources) accounted for only 3.7% of world Scotch consumption in 1995, but this was up from 0.7% in 1975.
Take the guided tour to learn about the history of its single malt and blended whiskies, and see the traditional warehouse where the single malts that make up the premium and super premium blends are stored.
The fashion for quality, limited-edition whiskey started in Britain in the 1980s with the rapid expansion in the availability of single-malt Scotches, high-end whiskies made by individual distilleries in Scotland, using only malted barley (see: " Super Single Malts").
Meanwhile, the Kentucky based Alltech company, an animal feed conglomerate founded by Dublin native Pearse Lyons, has recently set up its own distillery called Carlow Brewing Company and aims to have its first single malts on stream in three years.
It said sales of its Islay Single Malt increased by 12% with the Japanese malts, Yamazaki and Hakushu, selling well in the UK and Europe.
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