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For greater authenticity we simply barrier filtered the whisky – the method used in those far off days – and bottled at a higher alcoholic strength. The result surprised and delighted us. The additional oak influence creates a soft sweetness and velvety feel when first tasted, then the intense peatiness so unique to Laphroaig, comes [...]
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Colour: Golden Brown. Tasting notes, undiluted: Nose: Rich sherry aromas with hints of treacle and a little menthol. Rounded but quite closed. Palate: Rich, sweet flavours – sherry, spices earthy/eucalyptus, some menthol and a touch of peat smoke. With Water: Nose: Sherry with mulled fruits, sweet chocolate notes also present. Some spices and nutty aromas [...]
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Colour: Deep, rich amber. Tasting notes, undiluted: Nose: Vanilla initially with fruit – figs and dates. Slowly the sweet, phenolic aromas develop – peppered kippers and germolene. Palate: Sweet and peppery, rich fruit and sherry elements combine with the salty/ozone Islay character. A peaty, ash note surfaces. With water: Nose: Sweet, fruitcake (Christmas pudding) and [...]
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Proof 86. Colour: Pale gold, a rich nose, fresh aroma with a hint of peat, sweetness and mash. Medium to firm body, with a mellow palate and well balanced. Some light fruitiness. Finish Long. Smooth, warming and quite dry. scottish whisky
£32.38 |
Whisky £25 – £50 |
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Nose. Malty and creamy. Sherry and organics. Developing sweetness. Spices. Smoke. Opens up a little with time, but doesn’t choose sides. The slightest hint of peat pops up. Taste: Dry and hot start, mellowing out into a sour centre. Some liquorice. A bit flat. Little development after that, the taste just slowly fades away in [...]
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The Balvenie Single Barrel Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a 15 year old single malt which is drawn from a single bourbon cask of a single distillation. Each cask forms a limited edition of hand-numbered bottles – there will be a maximum of 350 bottles from any one cask – so each bottle is unique [...]
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Blairmhor 8 year old Scotch whisky is produced from a vatting of up to 20 different single malt whiskies, the majority from the Highland and Speyside regions. All of these malts have been distilled in traditional copper stills and then matured in casks for a minimum of eight years resulting in this smooth uncomplicated Scotch [...]
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Colour: Pale gold. Tasting notes, undiluted: Nose: Ripe fruits – red apples and bananas, sweet spicy aromas. Palate: Spicy with leafy/dry grass flavour. Aromatic, sweet – liquorice allsorts. With water: Nose: Earthy, touch of peat smoke, some sweet, floral aromas develop. Palate: Dry grass with cedar wood flavours. Delicate fruity edge. Body: Medium. Finish: Cigar [...]
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Located on the Orkney Islands, one of the northern most parts of Scotland, is the Highland Park distillery. Founded on this remote and windswept island in 1798, the distillery has, for more than two centuries produced a full flavoured, single malt scottish whisky. Made from the best Barley malted over peat fires; merged with the [...]
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John Cumming converted the familial farm called Cardow into a distillery round 1810. He used the barley produced by the farm and he produced his own peat. The proximity of the river Spey ant the surrounding hills were assets for a distillery. He began as a moonshine distiller. The hills were a place of safety [...]
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