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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Another very much welcome release of the Kilkerran 8 Year Old Cask Strength which has been matured e..
€60.00 Ex Tax: €48.78
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The new edition of the Kilkerran 8-Year-old Cask Strength is bottled at a hefty 57.1%. This has been..
€70.00 Ex Tax: €56.91
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From the makers of Springbank this is a 'work in progress' bottling from their new-ish Glen ..
€62.99 Ex Tax: €51.21
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A unique tasting single malt, described as a work in progress because it has not yet reached what th..
€52.99 Ex Tax: €43.08
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Quite richly flavoured for a young Bourbon cask matured whisky. This is from the 5th release of Glen..
€47.99 Ex Tax: €39.02
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A surprisingly rich and full tasting single malt from Kilkerran's 5th series of works in progres..
€47.99 Ex Tax: €39.02
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A superb sherry cask matured malt from the Glen Gyle distillery. This has some lovely flavours of dr..
€60.00 Ex Tax: €48.78
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A powerful expression of Lagavulin that has been entirely matured in refill Bourbon casks before bei..
€156.99 Ex Tax: €127.63
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A richly flavoured and very hard to find expression of Lagavulin. The Feis Ile bottlings are all mad..
€602.50 Ex Tax: €489.84
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A big and bold expression of Laphroaig that manages to be both intensely smoky but also well rounded..
€199.99 Ex Tax: €162.60
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A limited edition release from Laphroaig, this was released in 2011 and is bottled at natural c..
€364.99 Ex Tax: €296.74
The edition of Laphroaig 25 year old. Bottled at 40%.
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€499.99 Ex Tax: €406.50
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The Ledaig 1996 was finished in Oloroso Sherry casks and bottled in 2015. Produced at the Tobermory ..
€145.00 Ex Tax: €117.89
Distilled in 1998 at Tobermory distillery and matured in refill sherry casks. This is the peated exp..
€66.99 Ex Tax: €54.46
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A Connoisseurs Choice bottling of Ledaig from Gordon and Macphail. Ledaig is Tobermory distillery..
€89.99 Ex Tax: €73.16
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A fine expression of Ledaig, Tobermory distillery's peated expression of single malt. This is dr..
€76.99 Ex Tax: €62.59
