February 17, 2005

Top Single Malts

The production of malt whisky is dominated by the Scottish distilleries. According to the Scotch Whisky Association there are 96 distilleries in Scotland producing malt whiskies. Outside Scotland there are 3 distilleries in Japan, 3 in Ireland, 1 in Nova Scotia in Canada and 1 in India. It is possible there may be one or two more yet to discover outside Scotland but certainly it is fair to say that the total number of malt distilleries is a little over 100. Four very large multinational players lead malt whisky production in terms of turnover: Diageo (eg. Cardhu, Oban, Talisker), Allied Domecq (eg. Laphroaig, Scapa, Glendronach), Pernod Ricard (eg. Glenlivet) and the Suntory of Japan. The big four is followed by William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd. producing the world leading Glenfiddich single malt. Other big players are Glenmorangie (eg. Ardbeg), Edrington Group (eg. Macallan, Highland Park) and Whyte & Mackay.

A single malt whisky gyartast a skot leparlo uzemek vezetik. A Skot Whisky Szovetseg adatai szerint 96 leparlo uzem mukodik ma Skociaban. Tovabbi 3 uzem Japanban, 3 Irorszagban, 1 Uj-Skociaban (Kanada) es egy Indiaban keszit single malt whiskyket. Termeszetesen lehetseges, hogy megbujik a vilagban meg 1-2 kisebb uzem Skocian kivul, de nyugodtan mondhatjuk, hogy a single malt leparlok szama ma 100 korul van a vilagon. Forgalom szerint a termelesben 4 nagy vilagceg az elso: Diageo (pl. Cardhu, Oban, Talisker), Allied Domecq (pl. Laphroaig, Scapa, Glendronach), Pernod-Ricard (pl. Glenlivet) es a japan Suntory vallalat. Oket koveti a William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd., amely a vilag vezeto malt whiskyjet, a Glenfiddichet gyartja. Tovabbi nagy termelok a Glenmorangie (pl. Ardbeg is az ovek), Edrington Group (pl. Macallan, Highland Park) es a Whyte & Mackay.

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