Whisky List.
Islay | Jura | Orkney | Speyside | Skye | Highlands | Lowlands
Islay
ARDBEG 10YO 46% £3.25
Big, pungent peaty nose, burnt wood and marine flavours. Powerful
ARDBEG 1977 46% £5.25
Pungent seaweed and tar nose with flavours of peat, spice and smoke
on the palate. Dry and salty with vanilla on the finish. Intense and
rare.
BOWMORE 12YO 40% £3.00
Light and peaty with hints of iodine on the nose and a smooth,
refined and peaty palate.
BRUICHLADDICH 20YO 40% £4.95
The highest scoring Malt in last year’s Scottish Field tasting.
Intriguing and complex. A wonderful after-dinner whisky.
BUNNAHABHAIN 12YO 40% £3.00
Isolated and most Northerly distillery on the island. Distinctive
flowery nose, smooth, soft heathery flavour. A very approachable
Islay.
CAOL ILA 12YO 40% £3.25
Pungent, peaty nose with elements of the sea in evidence, although
quite rich and fruity on the palate.
LAGAVULIN 16YO 43% £3.75
Distinctive, full, peaty nose with a beautifully smooth, complex and
smoky flavour. Top class.
LAGAVULIN 1986 Distiller’s Edition 43% £4.25
Finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, this has a dramatic
combination of rich fruity sweetness with smoky, seaweedy overtones
and a penetrating, long finish.
LAPHROAIG 10YO 40% £3.00
Has the reputation as the most characterful Malt of all – peaty,
with a smoky, heathery nose and a very peaty, iodine-like flavour.
LAPHROAIG 10YO 57% Cask Strength £3.95
Big, peaty, medicinal nose and a rich, chewy, intense flavour of
peat with seashore notes. A real experience !
Jura
ISLE OF JURA 10YO 40% £3.00
Delicate, dry nose, pleasant smoky flavour and a smooth, oily
texture.
ISLE OF JURA 16YO 40% £3.75
The big brother is much more intense with a fresh herb and cereal
character on the nose and a fruity dry palate.
Orkney
HIGHLAND PARK 12YO 40%
£3.25
Scotland’s most Northerly distillery. Pleasant, honeyed peaty nose
with a dry, distinguished sherry flavour. Delicately smoky.
HIGHLAND PARK 18YO 43% £4.50
Perfumed, pine-forest honeyed nose. Creamy smooth palate with
intense but delicate heather, sherry and treacle flavours. Long
smoky finish.
SCAPA 1989 40% £3.25
More ‘wind-blown’ than its neighbour with a spicy cloves and
cardamom nose and a spicy, almost sweet finish.
Skye
TALISKER 10YO 45.8% £3.50
Pungently peaty and spicy with a delicately smoky palate and a
smooth sweetish finish.
Speyside
ABELOUR A’BUNADH 59.9%
£3.95
Full, honeyed nose. Sweet and soft despite the strength with a
powerful sweet lingering finish. Intense and interesting.
BALVENIE DOUBLEWOOD 12YO 40%
£3.50
The whisky is aged in Bourbon oak and finished in Sherry cask –
hence the name. Full, nutty nose with a sweetish, nutty and delicate
character.
BENROMACH 15YO 40% £3.25
Owned by Gordon & MacPhail since 1992. Good fruity nose, sweetish on
the palate with chunky peaty flavours. Smooth.
CRAGGANMORE Distiller’s Edition 1985 40%
£3.75
Peaty, rich and woody on the nose, full bodied with a creaminess to
the texture.
GLENDRONACH 15YO 40% £3.25
Full, oaky, nutty with a rich smooth toasted flavour combining
sherry, figs and oak with a lovely Christmas cake finish.
GLENFARCLAS 21 YO 43% £4.25
Rich vanilla, oaky nose that is also delicately smoky. Rich apricots
and malt palate with a long rich fruit finish.
GLENFIDDICH Havana Reserve 21YO 40% £4.95
Fruity, figs and Christmas cake on the nose with ripe fruit on the
palate. A very definite ‘Cuban’ influence – it is banned in America.
Rich and delightful.
THE GLENLIVET Archive 21YO 43%
£4.50
Typical floral, sweet nose with a lovely walnuts and spice palate
and a beautiful rich fruity finish.
GLENROTHES 1989 43% £3.95
Sweet, nutty nose with a soft sweetish palate. Rounded and delicate
peaty flavours. Smooth.
GLEN GRANT 1953 Private Collection
45% £12.00
Rich and dark with heady sweet aromas of sherry and tobacco and full
spiced fruits on the palate. This is a stunning whisky from Gordon &
MacPhail’s private collection.
LONGMORN 15YO 45% £3.25
This is a rich, fruity Malt with a lovely, gentle toffee sweetness
and smokiness. Elegant citrus and spice finish.
MACALLAN 10YO 40% £3.25
Often called the ‘Rolls Royce’ of Malts, Macallan championed the use
of Sherry cask ageing. Rich, smooth, nutty and sweet.
MACALLAN 1975 Speymalt 40% £4.50
Raised and bottled by Gordon & MacPhail this is quintessential
Macallan – fruity with subtle sherry and toffee notes and a rich,
silky finish. Absolutely ‘deluxe’.
MACALLAN 1861 REPLICA 42.7% £6.95
Both the bottle and the whisky have been modeled on a rare example
of the Macallan from 1861. Subtle nose of dried fruits and spice,
lightly smoked oak with hints of toffee on the palate with a
lingering sweet finish. Fascinating and complex.
MORTLACH 16YO 43% £3.75
Distinctively deep, toffee-nutty and peaty nose with a full, rich
fruity flavour and touches of vanilla and oak.
TAMDHU 40% £3.00
Fruity, floral nose and a medium-sweet, biscuity flavour.
TAMNAVULIN 12YO 40% £3.25
The only distillery actually on the Livet river. Nutty, sweetish,
oaky character. Full bodied with a peaty finish.
Highlands
ARDMORE 1987 40% £3.00
Quite smoky and peaty on the nose with a lovely fruity palate. The
finish is peaty with a touch of spice. Thought to be one of
Scotland’s best kept secrets.
BLAIR ATHOL 12YO 43% £3.75
A local distillery in Pitlochry. Pale colour, nutty, smoky nose,
full bodied and spicy with a sweet, smoky finish.
CLYNELISH 14YO 43% £3.75
Rich citrus, fruity nose with a smoky, quite sweet and complex
palate. Interesting
DALMORE 12YO 40% £3.00
Not far North on the A9. Sweet, oaky, fruity nose with a rounded,
quite sweet and elegant palate.
DALWHINNIE 15YO 43% £3.25
Aromatic, sweetish nose, honeyed on the palate with a nice richness.
Delightful.
EDRADOUR 10YO 40% £3.75
Scotland’s smallest and prettiest distillery just east of Pitlochry.
It has a fruity aroma and a good malty, creamy flavour.
GLENGOYNE 17YO 43% £3.95
The nose is rich, sweet and oaky which follows through on the palate
beautifully. Smooth and honeyed.
GLENGOYNE 21YO 43% £4.50
Rich, nutty, unctuous toffee-like nose with a medium sweet, rich
palate. Velvety smooth long finish. Excellent.
GLENMORANGIE 10YO 40% £3.25
Small but justly popular distillery. Gentle, floral nose, slightly
smoky with a subtle touch of peatiness on the palate.
GLENMORANGIE 12YO Port Wood 43% £3.50
The port wood finish gives the nose a rich raisiny, toffee character
and a lightly spicy round palate. Lovely, subtly fruity and rich
finish.
GLENMORANGIE 12YO Madeira Wood 43% £3.50
Quite a full nose but more delicate than the Port Wood. Sweeter and
richer on the palate with a vanilla finish.
GLENMORANGIE 18YO 43% £4.50
Lovely fresh, nutty nose with a smooth, nutty palate. Rich unctuous
texture. Full-bodied and creamy.
GLENMORANGIE 1981 Sauternes Wood 46% £7.95
A 2 year finishing in Premier Grand Cru Sauternes barrels has
created a super-deluxe expression of Glenmorangie. Soft fruits and
vanilla on the nose broadens out to a fruitcake palate with a
delicious long sweet finish.
GLENTURRET 12YO 40% £3.00
Oaky, vanilla nose which follows through onto the palate.
Full-bodied and smooth with a sherry cask finish.
LEDAIG 1979 43% £4.50
An independent bottling from the Tobermory distillery on Mull. Rich,
smoky, Christmas cake character. Rich and distinctive.
OBAN Distiller’s Edition 1984 43% £3.95
Sweet, rich heathery nose. The Montilla Fino cask finish adds a
richness along with lightly salty sea flavours. Characterful.
OLD PULTENEY 18YO 58.8% £4.50
The most Northern distillery on the UK mainland has a lovely golden
colour with vanilla, walnuts and raisins on the nose. Unctuous on
the palate with a sweet, spicy finish.
Lowland
GLENKINCHIE Distiller’s Edition 1986 40%
£3.95
Finished in Amontillado Sherry casks this peaty whisky has a smooth
malty flavour that has a rich smoky finish.
