Archive | February, 2008

BenRiach 16 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

Posted on 24 February 2008

BenRiach 16 Year Old

is the whisky set to reinvigorate this distillery’s reputation after many years of neglect – a real cracker…

A gold medal winner in 2006 this is a creamy smooth full bodied malt with hints of eastern spice and best chewy toffee.
Not just for special occasions and it is on special offer [...]

Ben Nevis 1992 Single Malt

Posted on 23 February 2008

Ben Nevis 1992

Ben Nevis 1992 is produced at the foot of ‘Ben Nevis’, the UK’s highest mountain, and is a bold whisky full of interesting flavours.
A mixture of strawberry cheesecake and espresso with hints of liquorice mellowing to highland toffee – this is sure to prove popular.
Strength: 46%
Bottle Size: 70cl
Price: [...]

The Balblair Single Malt Whisky

Posted on 20 February 2008

Balblair Whisky Distillery

Balblair is the second oldest distillery in Scotland with distillation dating back to the 1740’s and its position overlooking the Dornoch Firth in the far north east of the highlands of Scotland is just like the whisky – breathtaking. The present buildings were built in 1870 and have not changed much since then.
The [...]

Royal Lochnagar Highland Single Malt

Posted on 17 February 2008

 

Royal Lochnagar Whisky Distillery

The Royal Lochnagar whisky distillery is situated in Royal Deeside not far from Balmoral the Queen’s summer residence.
Distilling first took place in the area in 1826 but 1845 is the date of the current distillery. A visitor centre is open all year and is a highly popular outing for the many visitors [...]

Dalmore Single Malt Whisky

Posted on 15 February 2008

 

The Dalmore Whisky distillery is situated on the banks of the Cromarty Firth looking south over the Black Isle and was opened in 1839. The single malt produced has won numerous awards over the years and is full bodied and flavoursome and ages extremely well perhaps better than any other malt. Some of the production [...]

Tomintoul Single Malt Whisky

Posted on 13 February 2008

 

Tomintoul is one of the newer Scottish distilleries having been established as recently as 1964. The distillery is found in the centre of Cairngorm National Park in the Speyside Region of the Highlands of Scotland.
One of the contributors to the Whyte & Mackay blends, the distillery also produces a range of Tomintoul Single Malt Whisky [...]

Glengoyne Whisky – Malt and More

Posted on 11 February 2008

Glengoyne

Glengoyne, founded in 1833 and known as the most beautiful distillery in Scotland, is certainly in a magical location nestled as it is at the foot of the Campsie Hills only 15 miles north of Glasgow.
The whisky too is exceptional and unusual as it is produced from air dried barley as opposed [...]

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

Posted on 09 February 2008

A young and exciting Laphroaig malt scotch whisky whose maturation has been quickened by ageing in a quarter cask – hence the name. When tasted it comes across as being very silky and sweet with the well known Laphroaig peatiness developing towards the end.

Ardbeg Single Islay Malt – Eight of the Best

Posted on 09 February 2008

Ardbeg Whisky has always been ranked very highly here at Online Whisky Shop so much so that we have decided to put together our eight top single malts from the Islay distillery which we believe everyone should try if they can.

 
In no particular order –

Ardbeg 10 Year Old

Ardbeg 10 Year Old is a distillery bottling [...]

Johnnie Walker Blended Whisky

Posted on 05 February 2008

Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker is probably the most famous and well known name in the world of whisky with around 150 million bottles consumed each year in over 200 countries. The USA is the biggest market for the brand but it is also very popular in Australia, Greece and Spain. It is a blended [...]