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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Like other Man O'Sword bottlings, this release was made as a tribute to the Scottish s..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €93.50
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A special release in Annandale's Founders Selection and part of the peated Man O'Sw..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €93.50
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From the Annandale distillery in the Scottish Lowlands that stood idle for 90 years, comes this very..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €93.50
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A special bottling from Annandale's Man O'Sword 2015 production. The whisky was matured in r..
€185.00 Ex Tax: €150.41
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Another very special release in Annandale's Man O'Sword series. Sourced directly from Jos&ea..
€185.00 Ex Tax: €150.41
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All Annandale Malts are non-chill filtered Single Cask, Single Malt Scotch Whisky, bottled at cask s..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €93.50
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An exciting release in Annandale's Founders Man O'Words series! Aged originally in an Americ..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €93.50
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Introducing this superb single malt whisky from the Annandale Distillery. As expected, this..
€112.00 Ex Tax: €91.06
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A stunning peated Speyside single malt from the Glenallachie Distillery. This scotch is made with pe..
€63.00 Ex Tax: €51.22
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Here's a classic single malt with plenty of peated notes. It's made from mainland peate from..
€65.00 Ex Tax: €52.85
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Here is Glenallachie's new peated single malt whisky line! This Speyside scotch is aged in bourb..
€63.00 Ex Tax: €51.22
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A smooth and soft blend that is said to be as soft as a pig's nose. This is composed of youthful..
€37.00 Ex Tax: €30.08
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A heavily peated single malt, made entirely with barley grown in eight Islay farms. This single malt..
€96.50 Ex Tax: €78.46
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From the Isle of Arran distillery comes a delightful single malt dedicated to the famed Sco..
€44.00 Ex Tax: €35.77
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One of the latest releases from Smokehead, this whisky is bottled at 58%. A big peaty punch is balan..
€89.00 Ex Tax: €72.36
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One for the heavily-peated whisky fans out there! This release by Smokehead is heavily-peated &ndash..
€83.00 Ex Tax: €67.48