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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The 10 Year Old expression to come from Bruichladdich's heavily peated Port Charlotte range. Ric..
€99.50 Ex Tax: €80.89
70cl
A peaty whisky from Islay's Bruichladdich distillery, this 2011-vintage Port Charlotte was disti..
€95.00 Ex Tax: €77.24
70cl
Part of the Cask Exploration series, the Port Charlotte OLC: 01 was distilled in 2010 from Scot..
€152.00 Ex Tax: €123.58
70cl
Originally released for the Travel Retail Market, this 8 Year Old Bruichladdich has bountiful floral..
€85.00 Ex Tax: €69.11
70 cl
A lightly peated Islay malt that has a surprisingly rich and meaty flavour profile. A good dollop of..
€80.00 Ex Tax: €65.04
70cl
By rebranding the whisky, and bottling at a higher strength without filtration Bunnahabhai..
€210.00 Ex Tax: €170.73
70cl
A great 25 year old single malt that has some rich chocolate, spice and dried fruit flavours. A real..
€550.00 Ex Tax: €447.15
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Initially a travel retail exclusive, this expression of Bunnahabhain is now available through s..
€81.00 Ex Tax: €65.85
100cl
A smoky and peaty version of Bunnahabhain, Cruach-Mhona (pronounced Cru-ach Vhona) means peat stack...
€110.00 Ex Tax: €89.43
100cl
Eirigh na Greine means 'Morning sky' and is chosen to because this has been partly matured i..
€93.50 Ex Tax: €76.02
70cl
Stiùireadair means Helmsman in Scots Gaelic and relates back to Bunnahabhain's heritage. ..
€69.00 Ex Tax: €56.10
70cl
Part of Bunnahabhain's peated core range, the moine. The Toiteach A Dha, means Smoky two in Scot..
€78.00 Ex Tax: €63.41
70cl
Caol Ila has slowly but surely become easy to get hold of over the last decade thanks to this core e..
€71.00 Ex Tax: €57.72
70cl
Known for it's peaty flavour, we were pleasantly surprised with the launch of an unpeated versio..
€109.00 Ex Tax: €88.62
70cl
An impeccably aged version of Caol Ila. This has similar flavours to the 12 year old with more of th..
€197.00 Ex Tax: €160.16
A classic Caol Ila with some medium level peat smoke and delicious flavours of vanilla, cream, honey..
€71.99 Ex Tax: €58.53
