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Originally Posted by Murf993
Yes, blends are a mixture or blend of single malts. Some of the snobbery comes from in part folks that are brand snobs. I'll only drive a cadillac for example.
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Not to sharpen the point to much but one bit of conflation that people snob about is only stating Blend without the qualifier of cereal.
If something says Blended Whisky, it might contain grain whisky. If it says Blended Malt, it only has barley. Whisk(e)y can be made from any cereal grain (Barley, Wheat, Rye, Corn for Bourbon)
As stated in my above post where the Single in Single Malt denotes one distillery, Blended means multiple distilleries.
None of this is to mean better or worse, it's all about preference. I like Chivas 12 over Johnny Walker Black (never had the double black) and I'd never spend the $$$ on JW Blue (not worth in IMO).