WHISKY KNOWLEDGE TERMINOLOGY

Question 1

Teaspoon Malts

Answer 1

By adding a small amount of whisky from another distillery the liquid ceases to be a single malt, becoming a blended malt and requiring a new name. The volume could be as little as a teaspoon-full, hence the term - teaspooning. For example, it is extremely rare to see a cask of Balvenie with full naming rights on the market, as the distillery usually teaspoon their whisky with liquid from one of their other Dufftown distilleries and release the casks under the name Burnside.