Single malt Scotch Single malt Scotch Single malt Scotch is single malt whisky made in Scotland. To be a single malt scotch the whisky must have been distilled at a single distillery using a pot still distillation process and made from a mash of malted barley. As with any Scotch whisky, a single malt Scotch must be distilled in Scotland and matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years and one day. (Most single malts are matured longer.) Until the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SWR 2009), the word "blended" only appeared (in the context of Scotch whisky) on bottles of
Scotch and soda (cocktail) a relatively larger quantity of water. Scotch and soda is not strictly a cocktail by its most exclusive definition, as it only has two ingredients, although it can be considered a cocktail (of the highball type) in the loosest sense of the term. In Japan, Whisky and Soda, typically made of Suntory, is synonymous with highball. Similar 'whisk(e)y and soda' drinks can also be made with other than Scottish whiskies, and will have largely similar characteristics. They are, however, technically not 'Scotch and soda' if they do not contain Scotch. Scotch and soda (cocktail) Scotch and soda is a mixed