The Single Cask pours whisky from 73A Amoy Street in Singapore's Telok Ayer conservation district, a short walk from the Telok Ayer and Tanjong Pagar MRT stations. The bar keeps more than 400 single malts, boutique blended malts and single-cask rums, and it relocated from its original CHIJMES room to this larger Amoy Street shophouse space.
It suits drinkers who want to work through a deep whisky list with staff who know the bottles, the kind who will ask for a flight and compare regions. It works less well for a quick group round or anyone after cocktails and noise, because the appeal is a quiet room and a long back bar built for tasting rather than pace.
The space keeps the cosy charm of the old CHIJMES outlet while adding seats, as SilverKris, the Singapore Airlines guide, noted in covering the move. Bottles line the walls, the lighting stays low, and the counter is set up for slow pours and conversation about what is in the glass. The own-label single-cask bottlings are the house signature and the reason collectors keep an eye on the list.
What to order is a single-cask malt the team recommends, or a flight that runs across Speyside, Islay and a rum or two for contrast. The Single Cask is also a bottler in its own right, so the shelf carries casks you will not find at every whisky bar in town. Pours span the affordable to the serious, so a curious drinker can taste widely without committing to the rare bottles, while the deep end rewards anyone who wants to.
The crowd is a whisky-leaning after-work set, regulars and visitors who came specifically for the list rather than passing trade. Best time to go is a weekday from the 5pm open, when the bar is calm and the staff can talk through the shelf before the evening builds. The bar runs Monday to Saturday until midnight and closes Sunday, so it works as a focused nightcap or a long, slow tasting.
Regulars come for the depth and stay for the guidance, and the Maps reviews repeat that the staff will pour a half measure or build a comparison flight without being asked twice. The own-label bottlings give the shelf a character that the larger chain whisky bars cannot match, since some of the casks are the bar's own selections rather than standard retail releases. That makes the list worth working through slowly rather than ordering by name alone.
Who it is for is clear enough. It rewards whisky drinkers who want range and a knowledgeable steer, a quiet catch-up over a couple of drams, and anyone hunting a bottle they cannot find elsewhere in the city. It is a weaker fit for a fast group round or a cocktail-led night, since the room is built around the back bar and the time it takes to taste across it.
Coverage on TheSmartLocal and 88 Bamboo lands on the same point, that the draw is range and guidance rather than a flashy room, and that the staff steer drinkers well across an unusually deep list. The bar's role as an independent bottler is what sets it apart from Singapore's other whisky rooms, since the casks on the shelf are partly its own. For a serious dram in the CBD it is one of the city's most complete whisky stops. Start with the Singapore bar guide, line it up against the city's craft beer bars, and see the wider best hidden bars in Singapore.
Sources: SilverKris (Singapore Airlines); TheSmartLocal; 88 Bamboo; The Single Cask official site (thesinglecask.sg, 2026); Google Maps reviews.
