Blended whiskey
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A blended whisky (or whiskey) comes from one of many distilleries, but is drawn from whiskies of differing vintages and/or manufacturers. It will include either single malt whisky (made from 100 percent malted grain—often barley, rye or corn) or straight whiskey (bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, or rye whiskey) together with other grain whiskies or neutral grain spirits. Blended whiskies normally identify what malt or straight whisky is used in their production, for example blended Scotch whisky, blended bourbon, or blended Irish whiskey.
A blended whisky is much less expensive to produce than the other types of whisky. Most popular whiskies served in pubs and bars are blended whiskeys. Most cocktails and mixed drinks that call for whisky use blended whisky.