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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70cl
A smooth and very well balanced vintage bottling of Highland Park that spent its entire life in a fi..
€649.99 Ex Tax: €528.45
A classic Island style single malt from Highland Park in Orkney. Compared to official distillery rel..
€179.99 Ex Tax: €146.33
70cl
Originally a travel retail release, this continues the recent tradition of using Norse names for Hig..
€155.50 Ex Tax: €126.42
75 cl
An old bottling from the now demolished Imperial distillery. This was distilled in 1970 and bottled ..
€400.00 Ex Tax: €325.20
70cl
A rare bottling of Imperial single malt, bottled by independent superstars Gordon and Macphail. Impe..
€88.99 Ex Tax: €72.35
70cl
A delicious, smooth, floral and slightly sherried Speyside from the now closed Imperial distillery. ..
€109.99 Ex Tax: €89.42
70cl
Inchgower is an important part of the Bells blend and is very hard to find as a single malt. Even in..
€76.99 Ex Tax: €62.59
70cl
A soft, clean and grassy single malt. Very easy drinking in style.
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€44.99 Ex Tax: €36.57
70cl
Matured solely in ex-Bourbon casks. This is a silky smooth single malt with biscuit, cereal and trop..
€78.99 Ex Tax: €64.22
75 cl
Inverleven was a very interesting distillery that was originally formed for the sole purpose of maki..
€895.00 Ex Tax: €727.64
70cl
Very nicely balanced and with far more complexity than the 10 year-old. This has lots of vanilla, gi..
€78.99 Ex Tax: €64.22
70cl
The Kilchoman 100% Islay range is the world’s only Single Farm Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Repr..
€78.00 Ex Tax: €63.41
70cl
A superb cask strength single malt that has been distilled in 2009 and bottled in 2014. Limited to j..
€93.99 Ex Tax: €76.41
2x20cl
The best of both worlds from Kilchoman. This pack contains two 20cl bottles, one of the ex-bourbon c..
€47.00 Ex Tax: €38.21
70cl
A special 2017 release from Kilchoman. This was distilled in 2012 and has been matured in red wine c..
€83.00 Ex Tax: €67.48
70cl
A high strength version of Kilkerran, a lightly peated single malt from the Glen Gyle distillery. Al..
€50.00 Ex Tax: €40.65
