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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Aged entirely in a Pedro Ximenez sweet sherry puncheon. This is one of the highest rated whiskies in..
€237.07 Ex Tax: €195.93
Aged entirely in a single Oloroso sherry butt. This is a superb expression of Glendronach and has be..
€237.07 Ex Tax: €195.93
70 cl
This incredible 40 year old blend is comprised of malt whiskies from Bunnahabhain on Islay, and T..
€236.10 Ex Tax: €195.12
70cl
A superb 25 year old Speysider that has a lot of Sherry cask influence. This has been enirely mature..
€229.99 Ex Tax: €190.07
70cl
Another classic single cask from batch 16 of Glendronach's single cask series. Previous 1995 vin..
€229.95 Ex Tax: €190.04
70 cl
It's Springbank and it's 21 years old. That means you can expect complexity, touches of sea ..
€225.00 Ex Tax: €185.95
New In
70cl
Packing the peaty punch you'd expect from Campbeltown whiskies , Longrow 21 year old is a very l..
€225.00 Ex Tax: €185.95
70cl
This is the new benchmark expression of Benriach 25 Year Old. Aged in a perfect mix of ex-Sherry, Bo..
€221.99 Ex Tax: €183.46
Anged entirely in an Oloroso Sherry Butt for 24 years and bottled in September 2016. This is one of ..
€221.33 Ex Tax: €182.92
70 cl
Johnnie Walker's top blend. The Blue Label is vatted from superior aged whiskeys.
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€219.99 Ex Tax: €181.81
New In
70cl
The 10.3 edition of the Octomore 10 series from Bruichladdich. The barley used for this distillation..
€216.50 Ex Tax: €178.93
70cl
The most heavily peated Islay whisky to date. This has been peated to an incredible level of 309ppm ..
€215.00 Ex Tax: €177.69
70cl
Created by Master Distiller Richard Paterson, the Dalmore King Alexander III has had six different c..
€212.50 Ex Tax: €175.62
New In
70cl
Created using barley exclusively from one farm in Islay — Irene's farm. This expressi..
€210.50 Ex Tax: €173.97
New In
70cl
An exclusive bottling for Feis Ile 2019. This is limited to a mere 939 bottles. Produced from a vatt..
€210.00 Ex Tax: €173.55
A fine 24 year old Glendronach that has spent its entire life in a single Oloroso sherry butt. One o..
€206.58 Ex Tax: €170.72
