How to Use unmalted in a Sentence

unmalted

adjective
  • To make their spirit, 3BR uses the peas in both malted and unmalted form.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This year's solera addition uses malted rye in place of unmalted.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Single pot still is arguably the essential Irish whiskey style—made in a pot still at one distillery from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That means that it’s made in Ireland on a pot still at a single distillery—Midleton—from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2026
  • What makes this different from an American single malt is that the barley is unmalted, and the effect on flavor is marked here with notes of caramel, butterscotch, maple, and brown sugar on the palate.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Frey Ranch’s 100% Barley Whiskey is made from a mashbill of two-row unmalted barley, aged for four years and eight months, and bottled at a high 110 proof.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Single pot still means it’s made at one distillery from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley (and sometimes some other grain)—Redbreast 12 is made from recipe, triple distilled on pot stills, and then aged in bourbon and sherry casks.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
  • As a reminder, pot still whiskey is a distinctly Irish category that is made on a pot still from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley, while grain whiskey incorporates other cereal grains besides barley into the recipe.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Bourbon Cask & Stave Bottled-in-Bond expression is made from a mash of 50% malted barley and 50% unmalted barley, then triple-distilled in copper pot stills.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026

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