Single Malt 的定義是否也必須來自同一流域的水?

是的~我也是找不到相關的資料~所以才想說來P9集思廣益一番

一支SINGLE MALT蒸餾的時候用的水跟裝瓶的時候稀釋用的水，這兩個水就已經是不同來源，如果規定是從頭到尾要用同一個水源地的水的話...那市面上大多的single malt都不能稱為single malt了

有關水的規定好像只有這一條

The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 define Scotch Whisky in UK law.

Under the legislation, Scotch Whisky means whisky:

(a) which has been produced at a distillery in Scotland from water and malted barley (to which only whole grains of other cereals may be added) all of which have been:

(i) processed at that distillery into a mash; (ii) converted at that distillery to a fermentable substrate only by endogenous enzyme systems; and (iii) fermented at that distillery only by the addition of yeast;

沒有清楚的規範 大約就是說 當地的水處理過 發酵時不要添加外來的酵素就算符合 Scotch 的規定了

我想你那位外國朋友可能是有點誇大其詞吧 ~

不過~目前知道的蒸餾廠~好像找不到有一個蒸餾廠是位於兩河流交會處的~大部分都是在單一流域上

如上述有錯誤~請多多指教~

Ardbeg  下列2隻酒款應該就屬於不同的水源:

Ardbeg Uigeadail named after Ardbeg distillery's water source Lake Uigeadail. 

Ardbeg 1990 Airigh Nam Beist name refers to the second lake down from Uigeadail and means ‘place of the beast’