Scottish Whisky
Scotland is renowned both for its single malt and its blended whiskies.
A single malt whisky is a product of a single distillery made using a local source of water and malted barley, aged for at least 3 years in oak barrels, and of an alcoholic strength of at least 40% vol. The great strength of Scottish single malts is that it often reflects perfectly its environment. For example, Islay and island malts often bear the briny imprint of maturation in warehouses close to cold northern seas, whereas the softness and smoothness of lowland malts reflect the gentler climate of southern Scotland.
Blended Scotch is a product of blending malts and grain whisky from different distilleries. The aim is generally to produce a smooth, easy to enjoy whisky for both drinking and in some cases mixing.
The production of Scotch whisky can be broken down into seven key stages commonly known as the “seven steps to heaven” – Malting(converting starch into sugar), Kilning( stopping the conversion), Milling(grinding the barley), Mashing(extracting the sugar from the barley), Fermentation(turning the sugar into alcohol), Distillation(turning the alcohol into high proof spirit), Maturation(turning the spirit into whisky). If the kilning is done using a peat fire, the whisky will have a smokey/peaty flavour. If maturation takes place in a barrel formerly used to mature Bourbon, the whisky will have flavours of caramel, toffee and vanilla. If the spirit is matured in former Sherry barrels it will have flavours of rich fruits such as raisins, dates and sultanas.
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One of the extremely rare Marsala single cask releases by Kilchoman. Like other releases of this typ..
€102.00 Ex Tax: €82.93
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The first global release of Kilchoman that has matured in Pedro Ximenez casks. This is vatted togeth..
€94.00 Ex Tax: €76.42
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Winner of Master Single Malt: Islay – No Age Statement at the Scotch Whisky Masters ..
€72.50 Ex Tax: €58.94
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A superb expression of Kilchoman that makes use of some of the best casks available for maturation. ..
€72.00 Ex Tax: €58.54
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A legendary malt that is on many people's most wanted list. The 16 year old is a true classic fr..
€99.50 Ex Tax: €80.89
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Introducing the second core range single malt to be released from LAGG Distillery! As with every Lag..
€76.00 Ex Tax: €61.79
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This release marks the flagship Single Malt and first core range expression from Lagg Distille..
€60.00 Ex Tax: €48.78
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One of the smokiest standard expression Islay single malts. What really makes this stand out above i..
€70.00 Ex Tax: €56.91
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Taking its inspiration from autumn, Lochlea Fallow Edition was matured exclusively in 100% ex-oloros..
€56.50 Ex Tax: €45.94
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This release marks the second single malt in Lochlea's Harvest Edition First Crop. Matured..
€56.50 Ex Tax: €45.94
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From the Lowlands-based Lochlea distillery comes a rather exciting expression Our Barl..
€40.00 Ex Tax: €32.52
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The fourth limited seasonal release single malt from Lochlea Distillery. This release is ..
€56.00 Ex Tax: €45.53
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The second release of the annual Sowing Edition whisky from Lochlea is here at last! As wit..
€56.00 Ex Tax: €45.53
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A rather superb 12 year old peated blend by GlenAllachie's Master Distillery Billy Walker. ..
€65.00 Ex Tax: €52.85
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Having been aged in both American oak and Sherry casks, the Macallan 12 Year Old Double Cask has not..
€98.50 Ex Tax: €80.08
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The classic Macallan of old. Unfortunately these days it is getting harder to source Macallan that h..
€116.00 Ex Tax: €94.31
