Featured Malts

Bottled and launched in February 2008, this Vintage was matured in a combination of bourbon & sherry casks. Those lucky enough to have sampled this Vintage will have been surprised to find a slight peatiness in the taste.

Whisky Bible 2012 score: 88.5

Malted barley and Breton granite-filtered water, put through a double distillation process. It is aged for many years in oak barrels in their Breton distillery cellars.

This Breton Single Malt won the silver medal at the Los Angeles Spirits Competition in 2008.

It scored a fantastic 91/100 in the new edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.

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The barley malt is distilled in century-old stills, then aged in oak casks. During the maturation process, it gradually takes on its lovely amber color and develops magnificent aromas of pear, cherry, and lily. The finish hints at apples.

Whisky Bible 2011, this scored '89.5'

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Curiositas uses a heavily peated malted barley as the cereal varietal to produce a unique, fresh, peated expression.

This rare peated single malt, from the Heartland of Speyside, has wonderful overtones of peat reek, combined cleverly with a background of fruity, floral, heathery notes and an appealing presence of oak wood in the finish. Traditionalists believe that peated malts achieve optimum balance of peat-bittersweet and oak infusion, after 10 years of maturation.

In fact peated BenRiach is a return to the original Speyside character and flavour of malts typical of the nineteenth century. Curiositas is a distinctive and welcome addition to the Speyside scene – this is a dram to be savoured with a dash of water.

Whisky Bible score '90.5'

Weather beaten but naturally beautiful.

Aged for a decade in first-fill bourbon casks, with only the No. 1 Vaults' wall to protect it from the crashing waves beyond, Bowmore Tempest encapsulates all the rugged, stormy sea qualities associated with the weather-beaten distillery. As complex as they come, this golden-coloured treasure still retains Bowmore's differentiating quality, perfect balance.

Bowmore Tempest is released in small batches at cask strength, and was awarded 'Best Islay Single Malt' at the World Whisky Awards in 2011.

Toiteach (pronounced Toch Chach) means 'smoky' in Scots Gaelic, and is made with heavily peated barley.

The distillery is usually known to produce the lightest of all the Islay single malt whiskies with extremely low levels of peat influence, compared to most of the other distilleries on the island.

What if a touch of smoke from peated malted barley was introduced in the distillation process to the Bunnahabhain single malt and some sherry influence on this as well?

This 'limited edition' bottling offers the connoisseur an opportunity to try something truly unique and beguiling in nature. This malt has been masterfully distilled and matured at the distillery, with an average age of ten to eleven years, never leaving Islay during the process.

Awarded 'Silver" 2011, International Wine & Spirit Competition.

In celebration of the 400th anniversary of the original licence to distil granted to the Bushmills area, the Bushmills Distillery has released this special, limited edition blended whiskey, 'Bushmills 1608'.

True to the history of Ireland's oldest working whiskey distillery, Bushmills 1608 is a unique blend of tradition and innovation. It is a superiorly smooth, flavorful, melt in your mouth whiskey. This whiskey owes its creaminess to a specialty barleycorn malt that takes on a crystalline appearance after a light toasting. The bottled 1608 is a blend of Bushmills malt whiskies (a selection from those aged in either American oak or Spanish sherry casks), a small amount of Irish grain whiskey and the crystallized malt.

Each Distillers Edition expression undergoes a second (or ‘double’) maturation in casks that have previously held a fortified wine.

This complex expression of Caol Ila has been double-matured in carefully selected Moscatel casks. The wood is not over-evident and instead balances perfectly with this richly flavoured single malt.

Caol Ila has remained undiscovered by many but has become much-prized by malts lovers across the world.

Cardhu Special Cask Reserve is richer and sweeter than the very popular 12yo. This batch is Cs/cR.11.11

Specially selected from the hundreds of casks maturing in the warehouses, Cardhu Special Cask Reserve is the ultimate expression of this most famous of Single Malt Whisky.

Each bottling of Cardhu Special Cask Reserve comes from carefully chosen oak casks which bring a range of complex yet complimentary flavours to each bottling. These different casks, some of them which are remarkably old, bring the specific elements in the famous speyside character of Cardhu. The older wood adding richness and body, the younger enhancing its signature fruity notes, combining to give a unique depth of flavour to each selected bottling.

Rarely bottled, and only available in very limited quantities

A deep-coloured, well balanced malt whisky of exceptional flavour and smoothness, in which all of Cardhu’s luscious ripe fruitiness is balanced by a delicious spicy dryness.

NOTE: The batch No. shown in the photo will vary to the actual bottle you receive.

This cask strength expression captures the essence of Connemara. Natural and undiluted, not chill-filtered or coloured in any way, Connemara Cask Strength reflects the rugged nature of the famous region in the West of Ireland. As extraordinary as the landscape, this whiskey is exceptional. Because it is so natural and undiluted, the level of alcohol differs between bottlings, and so labels are printed specially for each batch. The pure clear spring water from the Cooley Mountains united with the peated malted barley give the Connemara Cask Strength a rare flavour.

World Whisky Awards 2012, "Irish No Age Statement"

The famous GlenDronach 18 year old, now renamed 'Allardice', is the third expression in the GlenDronach core range. This exceptional single sherried malt is non chill filtered and of natural colour. Matured in the finest Spanish Oloroso sherry casks and bottled at 46%, this sublime richly sherried malt is truly unforgettable.

Glengoyne's distinctive style carries on improving with age. The same elements are present at 17 years old as they were at 10, only now the balance has artfully changed. A more concentrated, equally well-balanced palate of flavours has emerged, though it still retains the same clean, delicate taste as the 10 Years Old.

Straight from the untouched forests, mountains, and pure waters of the Southern Japanese Alps.

Rich fruity aroma combined with soft smoke.

Hakushu is the Japanese connoisseurs choice and is a good introduction to Japanese whisky.

Hakushu 12yo has aroma of pears, crushed leafy bracken a hint of citrus. You can enjoy subtle smokiness and the sweet poached pears on the palate.

Score '91.5' Whisky Bible 2012.

Blending Hellyers Road Original Single Malt with a pinch of the Peated spirit, this whisky delivers a tangy fruit flavour that lingers delightfully in the aftertaste.

Slightly Peated is a refreshing alternative single malt experience that is most definitely worthy of your attention.

Single cask #5919. Bottled 2011, this is an 18-year old Isle of Jura whisky from the award winning Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld series.

Bottled as single casks, at cask strength, with no chillfiltration or colouring. Each bottle of this collection is individually identified with information detailing the distillery and region or origin, distillation date, cask number, cask strength, date bottled and individual bottle number from the limited number available in each cask.

This 18 year old expression of Laphroaig is made in limited quantities each year. A soft, sweet and spicy Islay peat smoke greets you when you first open the bottle. The immediate taste is an oak sweetness, from 18 years in the barrel. A faint hint of the sea can be detected, testimony to its time maturing on the remote island of Islay. Bottled at 48% ABV and non-chill filtered for a depth of taste and texture.

The renowned spirits journalist F Paul Pacult described this as: "simply the best 12 year old single malt around" - high praise indeed, this is a perfect example of a honeyed, malty Speyside whisky, offering up a nose of sweet, buttery vanilla, sherry, date and walnut loaf and hints of Victoria sponge cake!

Score '93' Whisky Bible 2012.

Single cask #4034. This is an 22-year old Scotch whisky from the award winning Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld series.

Bottled as 'single casks', at cask strength, with no chillfiltration or colouring. Each bottle of this collection is individually identified with information detailing the distillery and region or origin, distillation date, cask number, cask strength, date bottled and individual bottle number from the limited number available in each cask.

Experience Redbreast 12 in its natural, full flavoured state. Straight from the cask, unfiltered, no water added. A full bodied 57.7%

Whiskey Advocate's 'Irish Whiskey of the Year'.

Each Distillers Edition expression undergoes a second (or ‘double’) maturation in casks that have previously held a fortified wine.

This 12 yr old Royal Lochnagar Distillers Edition is carefully matched for a second maturation in sweet Muscat casks, this is a beautifully soft and rounded whisky that’s a pleasure to drink.

The Distillers Edition is unique: after its usual aging process in American oak casks, the whisky undergoes a second maturation in casks previously holding sherry. The result is older, sweeter and richer than the regular bottlings.

Single cask #30453. Bottled 2011, this is an 22-year old Speyside Scotch whisky from the award winning Duncan Taylor, Rare Auld series.

Bottled as single casks at cask strength with no chillfiltration or colouring. Each bottle of this collection is individually identified with information detailing the distillery and region or origin, distillation date, cask number, cask strength, date bottled and individual bottle number from the limited number available in each cask.