Aberfeldy

Full gold colour hints of marshmallow, and lemon cutting through the sweetness.

Balblair 16yr

Nutty light spiciness on the nose, almost salty chocolate with a hint of biscuit or shortbread on the palate.

Balblair Elements (no age statement)

Slightly salty but smooth, shortbread again and maybe raspberries.

Balblair 10yr

Malty dryness with the ubiquitous Balblair shortbread on the palate, salt and vanilla on the nose.

Ben Nevis 10yr

At the foot of Scotland's highest mountain Ben Nevis has something of a coastal character being close to a sea loch. The 10yr old is emphatically big smooth and oily with hints of dark chocolate and a touch of smokiness.

Ben Nevis 12yr (Milroys 1979) Cask Strength

Salty and slightly peaty with a hint of heather honey and toffee balancing the palate perhaps a touch of a smokey dry finish.

Blair Athol 12yr

In the Eastern Highlands Blair castle is home to the Duke of Atholl keeper of Europe’s last legal private army. This nearby distillery produces an attractive dark orange whisky with a palate like spiced cake and a lightly smokey and herby finish.

Clynelish 1990

From the Northern Highlands this is a harbour front sea-weedy whisky with a firm steely body and salty savoury finish.

Clynelish 1993

Slightly sherried and darker in colour than the 1990 but carries off a similar sea-weedy astringency.

The Dalmore 12yr

A Classic malt from the North Highlands, rum butter and malt loaf on the nose, a silky malty sweetness on the palate balanced by heather a light peat and a faint salty tang.

Deanston 12yr

A very pale greeny gold whisky from the east highlands with a drying malty finish and a lightly nutty dry sherry character.

Edradour 10yr

Scotland's smallest distillery making as much malt in a year as some produce in a week. Minty and leafy on the nose a thin but firm body and a syrupy smokey palate.

Fettercairn 10yr

Full gold in colour with hints of resin, sherry and clean crisp toffee notes slightly bitter finish.

Glen Garioch 15yr

A good nose of earthy peat carried through a flowery heathery smokiness and liquorice-like rooty notes.

Glengoyne 12yr Cask Strength

Full of Malty flavour contains a certain peaty astringency as well as a slight touch of sherry. This Glasgow malt is now becoming better known.

Glengoyne 17yr

A warm dry maltiness deep rich nutty flavours hints of cedar and oak, Mature very firm and smooth long rich sherry finish.

Glenmorangie 10yr

The biggest selling malt in Scotland the 10yr has a flowery sweetness on the nose following through onto the palate matched with a creamy buttery maltness and perhaps a hint of banana.

Glenmorangie 18yr

Vanilla mint and walnuts finished off with a spicy biscuity note.

Glenturret 10yr

The Oldest distillery in Scotland tucked away in the Eastern Highlands the 10yr has a heavy sweet nose, toffee and cough mixture on the palate and a minty soothing finish.

Glenury Royal 25yr

A voluptuous malt from the East coast South of Aberdeen. Honey Chestnuts and plums predominate, beautifully balanced with a hint of coffee and smoke.

Glen Ord 12yr

From the Northern Highlands Glen Ord is little known. Full gold in colour, full of sultanas, malt and a hint of sulphur on the nose. It has a malty oaky finish.

Loch Lomond No age statement

Candy-floss, salt and powdered sugar with a lemony balancing dryness to finish.

Royal Lochnagar 12yr

Queen Victoria's favourite distillery and not far from Balmoral. The 12yr has a light smokiness a restrained sherry fruitiness and a mellow maltiness lovely balance.

Lochside 1991

Now demolished this distillery produced a whisky that a has clean barley aromas and a restrained maltiness.

North Port-Brechin 1982

A light creamy flavour, smooth body and a light leafy spiciness.

Oban 14yr

The classic West highland malt. Firm and smooth with a touch of peat and seaweed. A slight drying smoke and aromatic finish.

Old Pulteney 8yr

The most northerly distillery on the mainland from county Caithness the 8yr has notes of peat, heather honey, vanilla and a slightly oily saltiness.

Old Pulteney 12yr

A light palate with vanilla honey and nuts giving way to a hint of peat and a salty briny finish. A very smooth malt.