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 superb single cask of Bruichladdich's Octomore highly peated single malt. This was filled into..
€200.00 Ex Tax: €162.61
70cl
Smooth, soft and light with a faint whiff of characteristic sea air and a touch of nuttiness.
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€62.99 Ex Tax: €51.21
70cl
Awarded best whiskey in Jim Murray's 2012 edition of his Whisky Bible. This is a fantastic singl..
€165.99 Ex Tax: €134.95
70cl
In 2016, the Gaelic Whiskies celebrated its 40th Anniversary with the release of this very spec..
€475.00 Ex Tax: €386.18
Old Port Ellen malts like this a now very, very hard to find. This one was distilled in 1979 and was..
€1,200.00 Ex Tax: €975.61
70cl
Only the finest maritime malts have been selected to create the Rock Oyster, including those fr..
€59.50 Ex Tax: €48.37
70cl
One of just three distilleries in Scotland to have received a royal warrant. This is a light, aperit..
€79.99 Ex Tax: €65.03
70 cl
A flavour packed Royal Lochnagar that has been matured in a single fresh Sherry cask before being bo..
€298.99 Ex Tax: €243.08
70cl
Scapa is made from unpeated malt and the spirit is entirely matured in ex-bourbon casks. The 16 year..
€65.00 Ex Tax: €52.85
70cl
The 2001 bottling from Gordon and MacPhail is a light and delicate malt that has been matured in a f..
€59.99 Ex Tax: €48.77
70cl
A fine blended malt which is composed from around 16 different individual malts aged from 8 to 21 ye..
€48.00 Ex Tax: €39.02
70cl
A gentle and smooth single malt that replaces the old Singleton which came from Auchroisk. Confusing..
€67.99 Ex Tax: €55.28
75 cl
A 16 year old whisky distilled in March 1967 at the Speyburn distillery and bottled by Cadenhead ..
€795.00 Ex Tax: €646.34
70cl
A classic Macallan that has been matured in both 1st-fill and refill sherry hogsheads. This edition ..
€109.99 Ex Tax: €89.42
70cl
A fantastic old mature Macallan that is great value for money compared to official distillery releas..
€599.99 Ex Tax: €487.80
70cl
Aged entirely in Sherry casks (1st fill and refill), this is classic old style Macallan with rich fr..
€749.99 Ex Tax: €609.75
