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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Part of Aberfeldy's core range, the 21 Year Old sets a high benchmark for other 21 Year Old Scot..
€160.00 Ex Tax: €132.23
50cl
A rich and spicy single malt that has been drawn from a hefty proportion of sherry casks. Very well ..
€102.00 Ex Tax: €84.30
70cl
A rich and spicy single malt that has been drawn from a hefty proportion of sherry casks. Very well ..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €95.04
70cl
The A'Bunadh is bottled at natural cask strength and has been matured in sherry casks giving som..
€97.50 Ex Tax: €80.58
70cl
Aberlour's Casg Annamh, named after the Gaelic for 'rare cask', is triple matured in Eur..
€76.00 Ex Tax: €62.81
70cl
A wonderfully smoky single malt from Islay. This is one of the smokiest standard expression single m..
€74.00 Ex Tax: €61.16
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The first new addition to Ardbeg's range in over a decade! A more approachable side to Ardbeg si..
€95.70 Ex Tax: €79.09
70cl
The Corryvreckan is a smoky and medicinal tasting malt that takes its name from a tidal whirlpool to..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €95.04
70cl
Pronounced Oog-a-dal, the name literally means 'dark and mysterious' and is also the name of..
€98.99 Ex Tax: €81.81
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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: €63.64
70cl
A delicate and light version of Auchentoshan's triple distilled malt. One of the most popular wh..
€45.00 Ex Tax: €37.19
70cl
A superb 18 year old from Auchentoshan distillery. This has been entirely aged in ex-bourbon barrels..
€93.99 Ex Tax: €77.68
70cl
A superbly crafted single malt that is the next level up from the equally impressive Balvenie 12 Yea..
€162.50 Ex Tax: €134.30
New In
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The top whisky in the core range of Balvenie single malts. As the name suggests this is matured in t..
€550.00 Ex Tax: €454.55
70cl
This is a significant release of Benriach. It is the first core release made from whisky distilled a..
€50.00 Ex Tax: €41.32
70cl
The new BenRiach 30 Year Old Authenticus has been brought out to replace the 25 Year Old and it does..
€525.00 Ex Tax: €433.88
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