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 fresh and fruity bottling from this little known distillery. Matured in Bourbon casks giving flavo..
€58.99 Ex Tax: €47.96
75 cl
When this was distilled in 1965 the Balblair was independently owned and operated by Robert Cumming ..
€795.00 Ex Tax: €646.34
70 cl
Comprising of a complex mix of over 50 different malt whiskies and four different grain whiskies...
€27.99 Ex Tax: €22.76
75 cl
Banff is now long gone having closed down in 1983. Most of the buildings have either been destroyed ..
€500.00 Ex Tax: €406.50
70cl
The only readily available bottling from yet another elusive distillery. The 10 year old Ben Nevis h..
€64.99 Ex Tax: €52.83
70cl
A superb 15 year old expression of Benriach that has been initially matured in ex-Bourbon barrels be..
€64.50 Ex Tax: €52.44
70cl
A delicate and smooth single malt from Benriach that has been matured predominantly in ex-Bourbon ba..
€89.95 Ex Tax: €73.13
70cl
This is a limited edition peated (smoky) expression of Benriach that has been finished in the finest..
€99.99 Ex Tax: €81.29
70cl
Another great single cask bottling from Benriach. This one has been finished in a solitary Tawny Por..
€132.95 Ex Tax: €108.09
70cl
This comes from Benriach's 11th batch of single cask whiskies and has been drawn from a single T..
€119.99 Ex Tax: €97.55
70cl
A peated expression of Benriach that has been finished in a Madeira wine cask. This comes from the 1..
€119.99 Ex Tax: €97.55
70 cl
A richly flavoured Benriach that has been finished in a Pedro Ximemex Sherry puncheon. This was dist..
€104.99 Ex Tax: €85.36
70cl
A great single cask expression of Benriach that has been finished in a single Marsala wine cask from..
€96.99 Ex Tax: €78.85
70cl
This is a very interesting triple distilled version of Benriach that has been finished in a Pedro Xi..
€118.99 Ex Tax: €96.74
70cl
A rare triple distilled version of Benriach that has been finished in a single Pedro Ximenez sweet s..
€96.99 Ex Tax: €78.85
70cl
An elegant and soft single malt that has a polished, smooth and refined nature. Very fresh and vibra..
€50.00 Ex Tax: €40.65
