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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This release marks Macallan's third collaboration with legendary British artist Sir Peter B..
€1,800.00 Ex Tax: €1,463.41
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A light and soft single malt from this seldom seen distillery. Official bottlings are rare and this ..
€74.99 Ex Tax: €60.97
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Glenallachie Distillery presents this superb, traditional peated whisky! Made from peat from St. Fer..
€65.00 Ex Tax: €52.85
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A blend of malts from William Grant's portfolio. Monkey Shoulder contains whisky from Glenfiddic..
€51.50 Ex Tax: €41.87
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Think of your beloved Monkey Shoulder blended malt with a burst of peaty smoke. This is a curious ex..
€66.00 Ex Tax: €53.66
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Using a combination of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry-matured whisky and produced at the Mortlach distille..
€81.00 Ex Tax: €65.85
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Unfortunately this is now discontinued and is no longer available from Diageo's Flora and Fauna ..
€84.99 Ex Tax: €69.09
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An incredible independent bottling of Mortlach. This has been entirely matured in refill Bourbon bar..
€329.99 Ex Tax: €268.28
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Adding to the Famous Grouse range, the Naked grouse is a blended malt that has been aged in first fi..
€51.00 Ex Tax: €41.46
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The 14 year old expression is the core bottling from Oban distillery and was an original member of D..
€91.50 Ex Tax: €74.39
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The Distillers Edition of Oban has been transferred into or 'finished' in a Montilla Fino ca..
€96.99 Ex Tax: €78.85
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The first release from the Bruichladdich's Octomore 10 series, this 5 year old expression was ag..
€180.50 Ex Tax: €146.75
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The 10.3 edition of the Octomore 10 series from Bruichladdich. The barley used for this distillation..
€216.50 Ex Tax: €176.02
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Peated to an almost absurd level of 167ppm. You would think that this could be undrinkable but when ..
€159.00 Ex Tax: €129.27
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The most heavily peated Islay whisky to date. This has been peated to an incredible level of 309ppm ..
€215.00 Ex Tax: €174.79
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Created using barley exclusively from one farm in Islay — Irene's farm. This expressi..
€210.50 Ex Tax: €171.14