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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A great tasting night ahead as we relish the chance to try some favourites, and some extra special n..
€25.00 Ex Tax: €20.33
70cl
A great all rounder of a whisky that has a gentle touch of peat along with some biscuity/malty flavo..
€63.00 Ex Tax: €51.22
70cl
Gold medal winner at the Scotch Whisky Masters in both 2023 and 2022! Aberfeldy 16 Year Old was rele..
€99.00 Ex Tax: €80.49
70cl
The name Forest Reserve makes reference to the distilleries attempts at conserving forestr..
€58.00 Ex Tax: €47.15
70cl
Aged in both traditional oak casks and sherry casks. This is a buttery and mouth-filling whisky with..
€74.00 Ex Tax: €60.16
70cl
Here we have a 12 Year Old Highland single malt Scotch which advertises the fact that it avoids chil..
€73.50 Ex Tax: €59.76
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70cl
A fruity, spicy, sherried 14 year old single malt from Scotland's prolific Speyside reg..
€89.00 Ex Tax: €72.36
70 cl
This 16 year old Aberlour has been matured initially in traditional first fill ex-bourbon casks and ..
€111.50 Ex Tax: €90.65
70cl
A rich and spicy single malt that has been drawn from a hefty proportion of sherry casks. Very well ..
€170.00 Ex Tax: €138.21
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70cl
An exquistive 18 year old double cask expression from the iconic Speyside distillery. Fu..
€170.00 Ex Tax: €138.21
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70cl
A different expression to the much loved A'bunadh Sherry matured releases. The Alba bottling is ..
€120.00 Ex Tax: €97.56
70cl
The A'Bunadh is bottled at natural cask strength and has been matured in sherry casks giving som..
€121.50 Ex Tax: €98.78
70cl
Aberlour's Casg Annamh, named after the Gaelic for 'rare cask', is triple matured in Eur..
€79.00 Ex Tax: €64.23
70cl
Aged, as you would expect, in three different cask types. Namely ex-bourbon barrels, ex-bourbon hogs..
€76.00 Ex Tax: €61.79
70cl
A wonderfully smoky single malt from Islay. This is one of the smokiest standard expression single m..
€75.00 Ex Tax: €60.98
70cl
The Corryvreckan is a smoky and medicinal tasting malt that takes its name from a tidal whirlpool to..
€120.00 Ex Tax: €97.56
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