Archives for the ‘Malt of the Month’ Category

Malt of the month March 2010

By Jim • Feb 24th, 2010 • Category: Malt of the Month

Deanston 12 Year Old Highland Scotch Malt Whisky 46.3% Alc/vol Unchilled Filtered
Deanston Distillery
Deanston,
Near Doune,
Perthshire
FK16 6AG
Telephone 01786 841422
Fax: 01786 841439
Website www.burnstewartdistillers.com
Owners,
Burn Stewart Distillers
Head Office
8 Milton Road
College Milton North
East Kilbride G74 5BU,
Scotland.
Telephone 01355 260 999
Fax 01355 264 355
Website www.burnstewartdistillers.com
The Deanston distillery is situated in the Highlands. It lies on the banks of the River Teith near to [...]



Malt of the month November/December 2009

By Jim • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Malt of the Month

The Dalmore 12 Year Old Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky 40% Alc/vol
Dalmore Distillery,
Alness,
Ross-shire IV17 0UT
telephone 01349 882362
website www.thedalmore.com
Owner Whyte and Mackay Ltd (United Spirits)
The exceptional richness of The Dalmore spirit benefits from slightly longer maturation than is typically practiced in Scotland. So the youngest expression is bottled only after twelve years, rather than the more [...]



Malt of the Month - August 09 »

By Jim • Aug 13th, 2009 • Category: Malt of the Month

Cardhu Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Aged 12 Years 40% Alc/vol.
Cardhu Distillery
Knockando,
Aberlour,
Moray AB38 7RY
Owners, Diageo.
telephone 01340872555
website www.malts.com
Cardhu has two main products :-
Cardhu 12 Year Old Single Malt.
Cardhu 22 Year Old Single Malt Special Reserve.
This distillery is situated on a small hill with a great view over to Ben Rinnes, and with Knockando and Tamdu as [...]



Malt of the Month - Feb 09

By Jim • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Malt of the Month

Our malt of the month is:-
Isle of Jura 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Isle of Jura Distillery,
Craighouse,
Isle of Jura,
Argyll,
PA60 7XT.
01496 820385
This grand malt is encased in a very sensuous bottle, full of gentle curves and does stand out.
This Single Malt is generally available in all supermarkets for less than £20 for a 70cl bottle, but [...]



Malt of the Month - Dec 08

By Jim • Dec 3rd, 2008 • Category: Malt of the Month

Bowmore Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 12 Year Old.
Islay pronounced “eye-la”
This month Jim, Dougie and Nicola have chosen as our December 2008 Malt of the Month.
The funny thing about this is that if you select any of the range that Bowmore produce then they, at one time or another will be a Malt of the [...]



Malt of the Month - Nov 08

By Jim • Oct 29th, 2008 • Category: Malt of the Month

Bruichladdich Rocks

Bruichladdich Distillery on the Atlantic Island of Islay is where master distiller Jim McEwan created this wonderful dram, as the name suggests Rocks have something to do with this Whisky.
The purest of pure Islay water was filtered through rocks that are 1800 million years old (give or take a week or two) and it [...]



Malt of the Month - Oct 08

By Jim • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Malt of the Month

Malt of the Month - October 2008
Isle of Jura – Superstition
This malt is one of my dearest friends, we have known each other for quite some time.
I find this malt to be one of the easiest, smoothest and sweetest of all malts and always has a spot reserved in my Whisky cabinet.
Dougie also has [...]