BROWSE · BY TYPE
Nineteen style guides.
Every style is a law, and every law was written to stop somebody cheating.
Bourbon must go into new charred oak. Single pot still needs unmalted barley. Tennessee whiskey has to drip through maple charcoal. Learn what the rulebook actually demands and the marketing stops working on you.
Ireland
3 GUIDESSingle Pot Still
/ireland/single-pot-still
Malted + unmalted barley in a pot still — Ireland's own.
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Irish Single Malt
/ireland/single-malt
100% malted barley, usually triple-distilled.
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Irish Blended
/ireland/blended
Pot still + grain — the format that sells the world Jameson.
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Scotland
5 GUIDESIslay Single Malt
/scotland/islay-single-malt
Peat, brine and smoke from one small island.
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Speyside Single Malt
/scotland/speyside-single-malt
The densest cluster of distilleries on earth.
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Highland Single Malt
/scotland/highland-single-malt
A protected origin, not a flavour — and that's the point.
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Campbeltown
/scotland/campbeltown
Once thirty distilleries. Now three.
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Blended Scotch
/scotland/blended-scotch
Malt + grain, and nine of every ten drams of Scotch.
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United States
4 GUIDESBourbon
/usa/bourbon
≥51% corn, new charred oak, and no shortcuts.
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Rye
/usa/rye
≥51% rye — spice, pepper and the cocktail's backbone.
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Tennessee
/usa/tennessee
Bourbon's rules, plus a drip through maple charcoal.
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American Single Malt
/usa/american-single-malt
Legally defined only since January 2025.
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Japan
2 GUIDESRest of the World
5 GUIDESTaiwanese Single Malt
/taiwan/single-malt
Subtropical heat, tropical fruit, brutal angel's share.
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Canadian Rye
/canada/rye
Where 'rye' is a legal synonym, not a mash bill.
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Indian Single Malt
/india/single-malt
Tropical maturation and a scene the world underrates.
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Welsh Single Malt
/wales/single-malt
A protected GI since 2023.
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Australian Single Malt
/australia/single-malt
Wine casks, bold fruit, no national GI.
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