Brands of Scotch

Did you know your favorite alcoholic drink whiskey was called 'usquebaugh' in Gaelic that meant 'water of life'. This name soon came to be known as 'usky' that is today known as 'whiskey' in English. Whiskey is commonly called Scotch Whiskey or Scotch around the world.

The term 'Scotch' is protected internationally by Scotland and a whiskey to be labeled as Scotch has to be produced in Scotland. One cannot produce Scotch whiskey in England, Wales, Ireland or anywhere else other than Scotland. Scotch whiskey is a popular drink that replaced brandy as the preferred drink at one point of time in history. In this article we will see some of the best brands of Scotch list.

Types of Scotch Whiskey
Before we move on to the brands of Scotch list, let us see the types of Scotch whiskey. The Scotch whiskey is divided into two major categories, single and blended. The single Scotch whiskey means the product is from a single distiller and blended is a product that contains whiskeys from two or more distilleries. The single Scotch whiskey is of two types: single malt Scotch and the single grain Scotch.

Single Malt Scotch
The single malt scotch is a whisky that is produced from only water and malted barley at a single distillery in pot stills by batch distillation process.

Single Grain Scotch
This is a Scotch whisky that is distilled at a single distillery with water, malted barley as well as other whole grains of malted or unmalted cereals. The term 'single' in this context does not mean a single type of grain, but 'single distillery'.

All types of blended Scotch are produced from single Scotch. There are three types of blends that include:

Blended malt Scotch whisky
This is a blend of two or more single malt Scotch whiskies produced in different distilleries.

Blended grain Scotch whisky
The blend of two or more single grain Scotch whiskies from different distilleries is blended grain Scotch whisky.

Blended Scotch whisky
A blend of one ore more single malt Scotch whiskies with one or more single grain Scotch whiskies is called blended Scotch whisky.

Best Brands of Scotch List
The following brands of Scotch list contains names of the best brands of Scotch along with the names of the companies that own them. The brands have been divided according to Scotch Whiskey Blends and Scotch Whiskey Malt.

Scotch Manufactures	Scotch - Blends	Scotch Whiskey - Malt
Beam Global Spirits & Wine Famous Grouse Cutty Sark The Macallan Highland Park Glenturret Tamdhu Ben Nevis All the brands of Scotch of this company are under brand Ben Nevis name.   Burn Stewart Scottish Leader Black Bottle Tobermory Deanston Ledaig Bunnahabhain Dewars Dewars Aberfeldy Diageo Bell's Black & White Haig J&B Johnnie Walker Spey Royal Vat 69 White Horse Buchanan's Dimple (Pinch) Old Parr Windsor Premier Cragganmore Dalwhinnie Glenkinchie Lagavulin Lagavulin Oban Talisker Benrinnes Blair Athol Dailuaine Dufftown Glendullan Glenlossie Inchgower Linkwood Mannochmore Mortlach Pittyvaich Rosebank Auchroisk Strathmill Glen Spey Teaninich Glen Ord Glen Elgin Clynelish Caol lla Cardhu Glenmorangie Glenmorangie Glen Moray Ardbeg   Morrison Bowmore Rob Roy Bowmore Auchentoshan Glen Garioch MccLelland's Pernod Ricard Chivas Regal Clan Campbell Passport Royal Salute Something Special 100 Pipers Ballantine´s Imperial Long John Aberlour The Glenlivet Strathisla Longmorn Glendronach Scapa Stewarts Cream of Barley Tormore Tomatin All the brands of Scotch sold by this company are under the names Tomatin, Antiquary and Talisman.   Whyte & Mackay Whyte & Mackay Isle of Jura Dalmore Tamnavulin Fettercairn William Grant Grants Clan MacGregor Glenfiddich Balvennie

Best Brands of Blended Scotch

100 Pipers Bailie Nicol Jarvie Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky Bell's Special Reserve Blended Pure Malt Black & White Black Bottle Buchanan's Charbay Chivas Regal Clan Campbell Clan MacGregor Cutty Sark Dewar's White Label Dewars Dimple (Pinch) Famous Grouse Gran Old Parr Grand Macnish Grant's Family Reserve Haig Hankey Bannister Imperial Isle of Skye J&B Rare Blended Scotch Whisky Johnnie Walker Black Label Long John Lotay Whisky McCarthy's Passport Rob Roy Royal Salute Sandy Mac Old Scotch Whisky Scottish Leader Something Special Spey Royal Stewart's Cream of the Barley Teacher's Highland Cream The Antiquary The Famous Grouse Vat 69 White Horse Whyte & Mackay William Lawson's Windsor Premier

These are a few popular brands of Scotch that are relished worldwide. The Highland Park 18-year-old Scotch has been named the best Scotch in the world for many years. I hope this article on the brands of Scotch has helped answer some of your liquor questions related to whiskey brands.