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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Introducing the 8th edition of the ever-popular Kilkerran Heavily Peated. As always, this single mal..
€64.00 Ex Tax: €52.03
70cl
Knockando is a classic Speyside whisky in style with a delicate, floral and honeyed aroma. It has a ..
€57.50 Ex Tax: €46.75
70cl
Aged in a combination of ex-bourbon and sherry casks. This is a generous and richly, malty single ma..
€71.00 Ex Tax: €57.72
70cl
A superb, richly flavoured single malt that has been entirely aged in ex-sherry barrels. Packed to t..
€82.00 Ex Tax: €66.67
70cl
A superb 25 year old Speysider that has a lot of Sherry cask influence. This has been enirely mature..
€229.99 Ex Tax: €186.98
70cl
Initially released as a Travel Retail Exclusive, the Lagavulin 10 Year Old is becoming increasingly ..
€104.00 Ex Tax: €84.55
70cl
A welcome addition to the Lagavulin and proof that (sometimes) age is not that important when it com..
€95.00 Ex Tax: €77.24
3 x 70cl
Grab all three editions of Lagg Malt Special Release. This set includes batch 1, batch 2, ..
€285.00 Ex Tax: €231.71
70cl
This uncommonly exquisite 25 year old liquid is a non-chill filtered marriage of sherried, oaky flav..
€540.21 Ex Tax: €439.20
70cl
A hard to find Laphroaig release that has been exclusively aged in first fill American oak barrels a..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €93.50
70cl
Brodir takes its name from the Norse word for Brother and the name it taken to celebrate the close t..
€115.95 Ex Tax: €94.27
100cl
Having been matured in four different types of cask - Ex-Bourbon casks, Quarter casks, virgin Americ..
€84.00 Ex Tax: €68.29
70cl
Assembled from the richest and fullect flavoured casks available at Laphroaig Distillery. This conta..
€118.95 Ex Tax: €96.71
100cl
One of our favourite recent Laphroaig releases. This combines the traditional highly peated, smoky i..
€128.00 Ex Tax: €104.07
70cl
The quarter cask takes its name from the small barrels that have been used for the final part of the..
€77.50 Ex Tax: €63.01
1L
Originally released as a travel exclusive, this litre bottling of Laphroaig Quercus Alba gets i..
€79.95 Ex Tax: €65.00