If you’ve been paying attention to the American whiskey space over the past few years, you’ve likely noticed that American single malts are having a moment. It wasn’t long ago when single-malt whiskey ...

The point of the definition is to protect and define the American single malt category in the same way that bourbon, rye, and other types of American whiskey are. The American Single Malt Commission ...

In single cask whiskey, there's nowhere to hide. Which two American single malts stood out at the World Whiskies Awards ...

Scotch die-hards may sneer at American single-malt whiskey. But the U.S. government doesn’t seem to have any qualms with the spirit. “It’s a necessary step given the critical mass that we have here, ...

In the near future, the Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which oversees the labeling and sale of alcoholic spirits in the U.S., is expected to officially announce the formal definition and category for a ...

Phil Steger can certainly get behind the idea of a new, legal definition for American single malt whiskey. He’s just worried about being boxed in. Steger, the founder and CEO of Minneapolis distiller ...

What makes a small batch Scotch worthy of international recognition? The 2026 World Whiskies Awards winners reveal how intent ...

The Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau has ratified American Single Malt as an official whiskey category. What does this mean for producers, retailers, and consumers? Contributor. Forbes ...

The definition of single malt whisky will not be changed, the Government has confirmed, amid fears Scotch whisky producers could lose out from an application for protected status for an English single ...

When I say “single malt,” what comes to mind? If you’re like 99% of us, your brain zipped over to Scotland. After all, no other spirit dominates the cultural consciousness like scotch. It is ground ...

Two years after it was first proposed, the American single malt whiskey category finally has a legal definition from the TTB, the U.S. governmental agency that regulates alcohol. Many distilleries, ...