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 great all rounder of a whisky that has a gentle touch of peat along with some biscuity/malty flavo..
€55.00 Ex Tax: €45.45
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70cl
The name Forest Reserve makes reference to the distilleries attempts at conserving forestr..
€55.00 Ex Tax: €45.45
100cl
A different bottling to the Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask, this edition is exclusively matured in..
€81.95 Ex Tax: €67.73
70cl
Here we have a 12 Year Old Highland single malt Scotch which advertises the fact that it avoids chil..
€68.90 Ex Tax: €56.94
70cl
A very classy bottling of Aberlour that combines single malt matured in both ex-Bourbon and Oloroso ..
€65.99 Ex Tax: €54.54
70 cl
This 16 year old Aberlour has been matured initially in traditional first fill ex-bourbon casks and ..
€89.00 Ex Tax: €73.55
70cl
A full flavoured and slightly peaty (smoky) single malt that is very much in the old Highland style...
€50.99 Ex Tax: €42.14
70cl
The core expression in the Arran range and an incredibly popular single malt. Like all other Arran w..
€48.99 Ex Tax: €40.49
70cl
A rich, fruity and powerful single malt from Arran. Spicy, full-on and complex on the palate with so..
€61.99 Ex Tax: €51.23
70cl
Arran 12 year old cask strength is a fantastic expression from this relatively young distillery. An ..
€63.99 Ex Tax: €52.88
70cl
The 14 year old Arran replaces the previous 12 year old and it is matured entirely in first fill bou..
€58.00 Ex Tax: €47.93
New In
70cl
A fine 18 year old Arran that has been exclusively matured in the finest Sherry and Bourbon cas..
€89.00 Ex Tax: €73.55
New In
70cl
Here we have a limited release of Arran single malt, matured for 21 years in sherry casks. This is a..
€120.00 Ex Tax: €99.17
70cl
A superb mature Arran that is drawn from whisky distilled in the first 3 years of the distillery'..
€165.00 Ex Tax: €136.36
New In
70cl
A landmark release for the Arran distillery. As one of the first of the new breed of Scottish distil..
€325.00 Ex Tax: €268.60
70 cl
This is one of the members of the cask finish series from Arran.This has been initially matured in s..
€54.00 Ex Tax: €44.63
