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 rare and perfectly aged expression of Glen Grant that is part of the distillery series from Gordon..
€452.51 Ex Tax: €373.98
70cl
Grandeur is simply one of the best releases available from Glendronach, a distillery that excels in ..
€445.99 Ex Tax: €368.59
New In
70cl
Part of the single cask series, carefully selected by Master Distiller, Billy Walker, this is a 30 y..
€433.50 Ex Tax: €358.26
A great expression of Mortlach that has been entirely matured in refill Sherry hogsheads.
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€429.95 Ex Tax: €355.33
New In
70cl
Part of the single cask series, carefully selected by Master Distiller, Billy Walker, this is a 30 y..
€429.00 Ex Tax: €354.55
70cl
A deep coloured and richly flavoured expression from batch 16 of Glendronach's single cask serie..
€425.00 Ex Tax: €351.24
70cl
Finished in a single Moscatel sweet wine cask. This is part of Glenglassaugh's rare cask series ..
€423.00 Ex Tax: €349.59
70cl
One of the stars of Glenglassaugh's first batch of rare cask releases. This was finished in a si..
€423.00 Ex Tax: €349.59
70cl
The 25 year old is one of the newest releases from Glengoyne and it has had some great reviews. This..
€420.00 Ex Tax: €347.11
70cl
This is a rare, limited edition Bowmore that has been aged for 23 years entirely in Port wine casks...
€413.16 Ex Tax: €341.46
70cl
A great 25 year old single malt that has some rich chocolate, spice and dried fruit flavours. A real..
€402.99 Ex Tax: €333.05
70cl
This is a limited-edition 23-year-old whisky has been aged in ex-sherry European oak casks, fro..
€400.00 Ex Tax: €330.58
75 cl
An old bottling from the now demolished Imperial distillery. This was distilled in 1970 and bottled ..
€393.50 Ex Tax: €325.20
70cl
The 9th release of Glendronach's much lauded Grandeur series. This is a 24 year old single malt ..
€379.95 Ex Tax: €314.01
70cl
A richly flavoured Glenlivet that manages to retain the typical smoothness expected from the distill..
€369.99 Ex Tax: €305.78
70cl
A limited edition release from Laphroaig, this was released in 2011 and is bottled at natural c..
€359.06 Ex Tax: €296.74
