Opinion: a whisky expert on why single grain deserves a bigger spotlight

As a whisky sourcing manager, Glen Melia follows customer trends to stock the very best whisky in the world. Here’s why he believes single-grain whisky is ripe for reinvention  

In the rush to promote single malt brands, the humble single grain whisky has lost ground. A constant favourite of distillers for its gentle complexity and sweet, floral personality, the presence of single grain in the international whisky market has somehow faded. 

Even in Scotland, which openly celebrates the more delicate nature of whisky by having an entire region in its honour, the Lowlands, the traditional grain appears to have lost its voice.

But ask the distillers, blenders and bottlers who devote their lives to making whisky what they prefer and the single grain will be centre stage. And they’re right to put it there.

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