Single Grain Whisky

While grain whisky actually contains a small amount of malted barley in the normal case, it's mostly made from other grains such as rye, wheat or corn. The grains may or may not be malted. Grain whisky is usually produced in column stills rather than pot stills, and is considerably cheaper to produce in large quantities. Grain whisky is typically used for mixing with malt whisky to make blended whisky.

As always, the term single refers to the distillery, not the grain(s). A single grain whisky might consist of several types of grain, just like a single malt whisky can be made with several types of malt. Confusing, but true.

The Chita - a single grain. That grain whisky usually makes its way into Hibiki blended whisky.