ˈvatted, ppl. a.
[f. vat v.]
Placed or stored in a vat; said esp. of wine. Also fig., mellow.
| 1843 Tizard Brewing 463 Old and vatted Beer. 1873 Sat. Rev. 29 Nov. 694/1 The forged wine of Hamburg, which is variously known as Elbe sherry, vatted sherry, and Hamburg sherry. 1897 Pall Mall Mag. Feb. 253 A considerable company,..most of us fine old vatted English Tories. |
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▸ Of whisky: produced using a combination of malt whiskies from different distilleries.
Vatted whisky differs from blended whisky in not incorporating any whiskies distilled from grain. Cf. blended adj. Additions
| 1884 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 25 Sept. 4/5 (advt.) For sale... Cases Old vatted Glenlivetat [sic] Scotch Whisky. 1900 N.Y. Times 8 July 3 (advt.) Scotch Whiskey... Not vatted or blended (blending is done to cheapen). 1989 A. Aird Good Pub Guide 1990 869 The..bar-gantry of this..pub includes..far more vatted malts than we knew of (these are blends, but malts only–no grain whiskies). 2000 Evening Standard (Electronic ed.) 23 Nov. The Vintage House..has an awesome 811 single and vatted malt whiskies. |