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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Here we have a 12 Year Old Highland single malt Scotch which advertises the fact that it avoids chil..
€68.90 Ex Tax: €56.02
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This 16 year old Aberlour has been matured initially in traditional first fill ex-bourbon casks and ..
€89.00 Ex Tax: €72.36
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The A'Bunadh is bottled at natural cask strength and has been matured in sherry casks giving som..
€97.50 Ex Tax: €79.27
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Aberlour's Casg Annamh, named after the Gaelic for 'rare cask', is triple matured in Eur..
€76.00 Ex Tax: €61.79
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A wonderfully smoky single malt from Islay. This is one of the smokiest standard expression single m..
€74.00 Ex Tax: €60.16
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The Corryvreckan is a smoky and medicinal tasting malt that takes its name from a tidal whirlpool to..
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Pronounced Oog-a-dal, the name literally means 'dark and mysterious' and is also the name of..
€98.99 Ex Tax: €80.48
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A fine 18 year old Arran that has been exclusively matured in the finest Sherry and Bourbon cas..
€83.99 Ex Tax: €68.28
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Here we have a limited release of Arran single malt, matured for 21 years in sherry casks. This is a..
€120.00 Ex Tax: €97.56
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The second release as part of the Arran's Explorers series, this 21 Year Old Single Malt takes i..
€138.00 Ex Tax: €112.20
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This 12 year old Single Malt was released in honour of Master Distiller James MacTaggart.
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€77.00 Ex Tax: €62.60
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Distilled and matured in Lochranza, this Arran Single Malt has been matured exclusively in sherry ho..
€64.00 Ex Tax: €52.03
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In the concluding third volume of the Arran Smugglers’ Series, this final bottling titled..
€150.00 Ex Tax: €121.95
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A delicate and light version of Auchentoshan's triple distilled malt. One of the most popular wh..
€48.99 Ex Tax: €39.83
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A superb 18 year old from Auchentoshan distillery. This has been entirely aged in ex-bourbon barrels..
€93.99 Ex Tax: €76.41
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A superbly light and delicate single malt. Aged entirely in ex-Bourbon American oak barrels. This is..
€48.33 Ex Tax: €39.29
