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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A stunning release that forms part of the Local Barley Series from Springbank. This 11 yea..
€115.00 Ex Tax: €93.50
70cl
A stunning 12 Year Old Cask Strength release from Springbank Distillery. Matured in 45% sherry, 25% ..
€79.95 Ex Tax: €65.00
70 cl
Springbank 15 Year Old is a great expression of Springbank that has some very nice sherry cask ..
€88.50 Ex Tax: €71.95
70cl
This limited release 18 year old Springbank single malt is rich, resinous and full flavoured. This i..
€135.00 Ex Tax: €109.76
70cl
Springbank 21 years old is a whisky that's hard to find these days and a special treat for ..
€300.00 Ex Tax: €243.90
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An unmissable opportunity to sample these amazing new releases from the hugely popular Sprinbank Dis..
€45.00 Ex Tax: €36.59
70cl
Bottled at a perfect 18 years old this combines the power and smoke of Talisker with some more matur..
€145.00 Ex Tax: €117.89
70cl
A great release from the legendary Talisker Distillery. This has been aged for 25 years and is bottl..
€327.99 Ex Tax: €266.66
100cl
Released initially for the Travel Retail market, Talisker's Dark Storm is matured in heavily cha..
€93.00 Ex Tax: €75.61
70cl
An interesting Talisker that has been finished in Spanish sweet Amoroso wine casks. This is a refine..
€92.00 Ex Tax: €74.80
70cl
You would not think that Talisker and Port would go togther, but here they work very well here. This..
€70.00 Ex Tax: €56.91
70cl
Talisker Storm is the NAS (no age statement) version of Talisker and should hopefully please any dri..
€63.00 Ex Tax: €51.22
New In
70cl
From the Talisker distillery on the western isle of Skye comes this rather exciting release: Ta..
€100.00 Ex Tax: €81.30
70cl
A unique bottle design for this smashing edition from Tamdhu. This has some glorious sherry notes an..
€60.99 Ex Tax: €49.59
70cl
A superb sherry cask matured single malt, released at natural cask strength. Maturation was done in ..
€119.99 Ex Tax: €97.55
70cl
The fifth release from the Speyside distiller Tamdhu! This expression spent its maturation exclusive..
€104.00 Ex Tax: €84.55
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-776x1176.jpg "Springbank Single Malt Tasting Evening 22nd June & Customer Ballot")
