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This ‘Whisky Lexicon’ provides an alphabetical overview of
750 whisky-related words and phrases - and (at least) a brief
description of one single line for every one of those entries.

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You can use the letters above to jump to a page with an
overview of all entries for that letter - or scroll down for a small
selection of the covered words and phrases. The ‘lexicology’
page provides further information about this Whisky Lexicon.

Malt Whisky Lexicon

The A page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Aberfeldy  |  Aberlour  |  ABV  |  acid reflux  |  A.D. Rattray  |  Aeneas Coffey  |  age statement  |  aldehydes
ale  |  alembicamylase  |  analyser  |  angel’s share  |  aqua vitae  |  Ardbeg  |  Arran  |  Auchentoshan

A

B

C

The B page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Bacardi  |  Balblair  |  Balmenach  |  Balvenie  |  barley  |  barrel  |  Ben Nevis  |  Benriach  |  Benrinnes  | 
Bere barley  |  bespoke cask  |  BFYB  |  bloodtub  |  Blair Athol  |  body  |  bonded warehouse  |  bourbon

The C page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Caledonian  |  Cameronbridge  |  Campbeltown  |  Caol Ila  |  Caperdonich  |  caramel  |  Cardhu  |
casks  |  cask strength  |  centilitre  |  cereal  |  chill filtration  |  column still  |  condenser  |  cooper  |  ...

D

The D page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Daftmill  |  Dailuaine  |  Dalmore  |  Dalwhinnie  |  DCL  |  Deanston  |  decanter  |  Dewar’s  |  Diageo  |
dilution  |  distiller’s yeast  |  draff  |  dramming  |  Drumguish  |  drum maltings  |  dunnage warehouse  |  ...

E

The E page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
E150A  |  Echlinville  |  Eden Mill  |  Edradour  |  Edinburgh  |  Edrington Group  |  Emperador Inc  |
esters  |  ethanol  |  European Oak  |  evaporation  |  Excise Act  |  Exclusive Malts  |  expression  |  ...

F

The F page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
fake  |  Falkirk Distillery Co.  |  feints  |  Ferintosh  |  fermentation  |  feuilette  |  finish  |  finishing  |
Finnieston  |  First Blending Co.  |  first-fill cask  |  Fisher Row  |  flipping  |  foreshots  |  foundation  |  ...

G

The G page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Gaelic  |  germination  |  Girvan  |  Glasgow  |  glass  |  glassware  |  Glen  |  Glenallachie  |  Glen Breton  |
Glendronach  |  Glenfarclas  |  Glenfiddich  |  Glenlivet  |  Golden Promise  |  grain  |  green malt  |  grist

H

The H page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
H2H  |  hangover  |  Hart Brothers  |  Hazelburn  |  head  |  head-to-head tasting  |  heads  |  health  |
Highland Park  |  Highlands  |  Hillside  |  hogshead  |  hoop  |  house style  |  Hunter Laing & Co.  |  ...

I

The I page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Ian MacLeod  |  IB  |  ice  |  Ileach  |  Imperial  |  Imperial System of Units  |  Inchfad  |  Inchmurrin  |
independent bottler  |  Invergordon  |  Inverleven  |  Irish whiskey  |  Islay  |  Islebrae  |  isopropanol  |  ...

J

The J page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and names including:
J. & A. Mitchell & Co.  |  Jack Wieber  |  James McArthur  |  jar  |  JBB (Greater Europe)  |
Jock’s Well  |  John Dewar & Sons  |  John Dewar Jr.  |  John Dewar Sr.  |  John Milroy  |  Jura  |

K

The K page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Keepers of the Quaich  |  Kelpie  |  Kilchoman  |  Kilkerran  |  Killyloch  |  kiln  |  Kinclaith  | 
Kingsbarns  |  Kinsbury  |  Kininvie  |  Knockando  |  Knockdhu  |

L

The L page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
label  |  Ladybank  |  Lagavulin  |  Laphroaig  |  lauter tun  |  Ledaig  |  Linkwood  |  Litre  |  Littlemill  |
Loch Lomond  |  Lochnagar  |  Lomond still  |  Lone Wolf  |  low wines  |  Lowlands  |  lyne arm  |  ...

M

The R page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
racked warehouse  |  rating  |  re-racking  |  rectifier  |  rectifying head  |  refill cask  |  region  |
Remy Cointreau  |  Rosarie Burn  |  Rosebank  |  Roseisle  |  Royal Brackla  |  rundlet  |  rye  |  ...

N

The M page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Macallan  |  MacDuff  |  malt  |  Malt Maniacs  |  malt mileage  |  malt whisky  |  malted barley  |  maltings  |
marrying cask  |  mash tun  |  methanol  |  Midlands  |  Miltonduff  |  Moffat  |  Mortlach  |  mothballing  |  ...

O

The N page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
NAS  |  neck  |  Nectar, The  |  nephelometer  |  new make spirit  |  no age statement  | 
North British  |  North of Scotland  |  North Port  |  Number One Drinks  |  ...

P

The O page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
oak  |  OB  |  Oban  |  OBE  |  octave  |  Octomore  |  official bottling  |  Old Bottle Effect  |
Old Fettercairn  |  Old Malt Cask  |  Old Pulteney  |  Old Rhosdhu  |  Optic  |  ounce  |  overproof  |  ...

Q

The P page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
pagoda  |  palate  |  patent still  |  paxarette  |  pearls  |  peat  |  Pernod Ricard  |  phenols  |
phylloxera  |  Pittyvaich  |  poiteen  |  Port Charlotte  |  Port Ellen  |  pot still  |  proof  |  puncheon  |  ...

R

The Q page provides more information about whisky words, phrases and brands including:
QPR  |  quadruple distillation  |  quaich  |  quarteau  |  quarter cask  |  quercus  |  Quercus alba  |
Quercus mongolica  |  Quercus petrea  |  Quercus robur  |  Quercus suber  |  ...

S

The S page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
Saint Magdalene  |  Saladin box  |  Samaroli  |  sample  |  Scapa  |  score  |  seasoning  |  Sestante  |
Sherry butt  |  snifter  |  spirit caramel  |  starch  |  Strathisla  |  Stronachie  |  sulphur  |  SWA  |  ...

T

The T page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
tails  |  Talisker  |  Tamdhu  |  Tamnavulin  |  tasting notes  |  Teaninich  |  teaspooning  |  terroir  |
toasting  |  Tobermory  |  Tochineal  |  Tomatin  |  Tomintoul  |  triple distillation  |  turbidimeter  |  ...

U

The U page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
uisge beatha  |  The Ultimate  |  umami  |  unchillfiltered  |  underproof  |  United Distillers  |
unmalted barley  |  Urquhart Castle  |  Usquaebach  |  uvula  |...

V

The V page provides more information about whisky words, phrases and brands including:
Van Wees  |  vatted malt whisky  |  vatting  |  Venture Whisky  |
vintage  |  Vintage Malt Whisky Company  |  virgin oak  |  Votadini  |  ...

W

The W page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries including:
warehouse  |  warhead  |  Wash Act  |  washback  |  water  |  wheat  |  whisky area  |  whisky baron  |
whisky fungus  |  whisky region  |  whisky type  |  William Grant & Sons  |  WIP  |  wood  |  wort  |  ...

Y

The XYZ page provides more information about whisky words, phrases, brands and distilleries:
Yamazaki  |  year  |  yeast  |  yo / years old  |  Yoichi ...
... Erm... Yeah, those were all the “X/Y/Z” entries I could come up with for this edition.

Ardbeg 30yo 'Very Old'

Version 1.0 of the Lexicon covers 750 whisky words, phrases and brands.
Some entries still have a brief description of a single line, but I hope to expand
many of those to a full page eventually - provided donations and advertisers
allow me to keep the Malt Madness site running.

Check out the sitemap of Malt Madness for an overview of other pages and
site sections that are already “surfable” after the last crash of the website.
For example: the 10 chapters of the Beginner’s Guide have been fully
refurbished and a brand new Whisky Label Inspector has been added.

Other recent additions include a section about the Scotch whisky regions
and another one about grain whisky - Scotland’s dirty little secret of sorts.
You can follow me on Twitter or Facebook for updates on the progress.
 
It’s hard to make predictions about the progress of the reconstruction of MM.
Fortunately, I’m working on a new personal website which will be easier to
maintain - and that would also be readable on a smartphone or tablet.

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