A Bottle of Their Own
The majority of fine scotch distillers sell casks of
their product as a whole for blending purposes as well as to private buyers.
Usually the distiller name will be placed on a blended product however not the
logo. This is an indication that the product is indeed blended and not single
malt.
Most independent bottling companies will bottle
products from single casks and may or may not be from the original bottling
source. At this time many renowned distillers are trying to end the open market
of bottling operations as it is infringing on their overall sales.
Some malt companies will incorporate more than one
batch of their scotch into the cask selling to ensure the independent bottlers
from selling it as a single malt product. Many independent bottlers will use
merely a geographical region or an alias of the distiller, as to avoid any
legal repercussions. This method of legal sneakiness is known as “bastard
bottling”. Either way the society of scotch malt whiskey can still track the
product by the distiller number.
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