Blended malt whisky

A blending of different casks or batches of single malt whisky produced from the same distillery is still considered a single malt whisky.

Moreover, in much of the world, whisky is often made using grain that is not malted (for example, using maize in a corn mash).

In practice, unless a different grain is specifically mentioned, a malt whisky is assumed to be made from barley.

For the Scotch whisky industry, the terms vatted malt or pure malt have been reclassified as "blended malts" per the Scotch Whisky Regulations of 2009, and it has become unlawful to label Scotch Whisky using the prior terminology.

When an age statement appears on the label of a Scotch blended malt whisky (or any other Scotch whisky), it refers to the amount of time spent in wooden aging casks for the youngest (i.e., the least aged) whisky used in the product.