Dedicated to the search for the perfect single malt Scotch...no matter how long it takes.

Our History

The Club's first meeting was in June 2007 with seven members in attendance. All had already developed an appreciation for good Scotch, and most had tasted the occasional single malt, but none had any real understanding of or appreciation for the specific qualities that make a really great Scotch. So, with the simple goal of learning more about that which we already loved, we ratified the club rules shown below and embarked on this noble quest. If you think you might want to join us on our mission or just come for a visit, contact Don Ward at dwardm4@att.net or Mike Simms at msimms@peoplescom.net.

Memorable quote from the Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch:

"Those who suffer from fear of flavour might feel safer with white rums or vodka."

Scotch Club Rules

1. We meet once each month, Sat. at 5:00, for one to one and a half hours. The meeting day is the Saturday after the third Friday of the month (i.e., the Saturday after the ladies' book club).

2. The meeting host responsibility rotates among members .

3. Only single malt Scotches are tasted (no blends).

4. The Club agrees on selections before the next meeting (more of a goal than a rule). The price of the Scotch must fit within The Club’s budget.

5. Two 2-oz. tasting samples will be served to each taster. The host will provide bottled water and ice from purified water.

6. The host will provide some information about the Scotches being sampled .

7. The Scotch will be bought from a kitty generated by initial membership ($50) and a monthly membership fee ($15). The membership fee is assessed each month, even if you don't attend. The treasurer will provide a monthly statement showing all club transactions (Current Treasurer: Mike Simms) .

8. All Scotch bought by The Club stays in The Club (i.e. partial bottles will be saved for a later tasting) .

9. The tasters will rate the Scotches per the evaluation sheets and the club will maintain a record of the results (Current Scribe: Don Ward) .

10. During the nosing and tasting period, only one person shall speak at a time.

11. Guests may be invited, but host should be notified ahead of time so that adequate Scotch is on hand. Club member pays additional $15 for each guest.

12. Any gentleman over 21 who is an El Dorado property owner may join The Club until the membership reaches twelve.

Our Members

Larry Gray

Jim Gwisdala

Don Hartmann

Chuck Kobdish

Mark Moore

Frank Morton

Richard Nail

Jeff Roy

Mike Simms

Don Ward

Chuck Williams

A Typical Meeting

The host prepares for a meeting by setting up a table with enough places to seat the expected number of tasters. Each place will have one glass for water, with each member bringing two glasses for the tasting. The host will also provide bottled water and ice from bottled or filtered water as well as pens or pencils for the scoring. At the start of the meeting, the treasurer collects dues and the scribe passes out score sheets for the two Scotches to be tasted. One of the members (usually the host) will provide background information on the distilleries and the Scotches to be tasted. The host will then open the first bottle and each member will pour two ounces of spirits from the first selection into his glass. The evaluation begins by first observing the color, which ranges from pale yellow to mahogany. That's the easy part. Next comes the nosing. While many experts claim to discern five to ten unique aromas from a single glass, most of us still struggle to find three or four. Obviously, we need more practice. Undaunted by our shortcomings, we press on and test the palate. This is usually first done straight up with no water or ice. Some may then add a few drops of water or an ice cube. This often brings out tastes and aromas previously undetected. Common flavors are vanilla, tobacco, coffee, smoke, salt, etc. Finally, we consider body (mouth feel) and finish (short/long). We repeat this same process with the second selection. Taking all of these factors into account, we also score our selections from 1-100. Less than 70... we probably won't be trying it again. More than 95... well, that's the holy grail. It should be noted that during this process there is usually much discussion about a variety of serious manly topics.

The Glass

The official glass for our club is the Glencairn Whisky Glass. The Glencairn Glass is a style of whisky glass developed by Glencairn Crystal Ltd, Scotland. The shape of the glass is derived from the traditional nosing copita used in whisky labs around Scotland. The glass first came into production in 2001 and in 2006 the glass was given the Queen's Award for innovation. Below is a photo of the club celebrating our first toast with the Glencairn glasses.

Below is a photo of the Club raising a toast at our 3-year anniversary (6/19/10)

Below is a photo of the Club at our 5-year anniversary (6/16/12)

Below is a photo of the Club at our 10-year anniversary (6/17/17)

Below are two photos of the Club at our 15-year anniversary/Tastester's Choice Meeting (2022)

Below are two photos from a Tastester's Choice Meeting on 5/20/2023. 74 Bottles on Scotch on the rail.

Meeting History

Date
Host
Scotches Tasted
6/30/2007
Ward

Highland Park 12yo

Balvenie 12yo
7/21/2007
Simms

Aberlour 12yo

Glenmorangie 12yo port wine finish
8/18/2007
Fitzgerald

Tomatin 12yo

Dalmore 12yo

9/22/2007
Oesch

Glenlivit 12yo

Glengoyne 12yo

10/20/2007
Burgdorf

Bowmore 12yo

Cragganmore 12yo

11/16/2007
Horn

Speyburn 10yo

Glenrothes Select
12/21/2007
Hartmann

Ardbeg 10 yo

Glenfarclas 12yo
1/19/2008
Ward

Review (Flight of Six) -- Highland Park, Balvenie, Bowmore

Ardbeg, Glenmorangie (Sherry finish), Tomatin

2/16/2008
Simms

Macallan 12yo

Macallan C.S.
3/22/2008
Fitzgerald

Highland Park 12yo

Highland Park 18yo

4/19/2008
Oesch

Glendronach 12yo

Bushmills 10yo Irish Whiskey (Oops)
5/17/2008
Burgdorf

Glenfiddich 12yo

Dalwhinnie 15yo

6/28/2008
Horn

BenRiach

Glenallachie Signatory

7/19/2008
 Hartmann

Lagavulin 16yo

Dalmore Cigar Malt

8/16/2008
Ward

Deanston 12yo

Macallan 15yo

9/20/2008
Simms Review (Flight of Six) -- Aberlour 12yo, Cragganmore 12yo, Glenrothes Select, The Macallan Cask Strength 10-12yo, Highland Park 18yo, Dalwhinnie 15yo
10/25/2008
Fitzgerald

Laphroaig 10yo C.S.

Talisker 10 yo

11/22/2008
Schmeling

Glenmorangie 12yo Sherry Wood

Glenmorangie 12yo Sauterne Wood

12/20/2008
Oesch

Auchentoshan 3 Wood

Caol Ila 12yo

1/17/2009
Darling

Strathisla 12yo

Old Pulteney
2/21/2009
Burgdorf

Yamazaki 12yo

Springbank 10yo

3/21/2009
Horn

Bowmore 15yo

Glenfiddich 15yo
4/18/2009
 Westerheim

Aberlour a'bunadh Batch #21 C.S.

GlenDronach 12yo

5/16/2009
 Hartmann

Clynelish 14yo

Bunnahabhain 12yo
6/20/2009
Ward
 Two Year Anniversary! - Noser's Choice (Flight of Six using our new Glencairn glasses) . No grading, just enjoying! Anniversary Photo.
7/18/2009
 Simms

Glenfiddich 18yo

Aberlour 16 yo
8/22/2009
Darling

Laphroaig 15yo

Cragganmore 1992

9/19/2009
 Fitzgerald

Arran 10 yo non-chill filtered

Talisker 12 yo
10/17/2009
 Oesch

Isle of Jura 16 yo

Balvenie 15 yo Single Barrel
11/21/2009
 Schmeling

Lagavulin 17 yo Double Matured

Singleton 12 yo
12/19/2009
 Horn

Ardmore NAS

Bruichladdich 15 yo
1/16/2010
Burgdorf

Glenlivet 15 yo French oak finish

Tomintoul 16 yo
2/20/2010
Westerheim

Macallan 10 yo

Edradour 10 yo
3/20/2010
Hartmann

Glen Grant 16 yo Sherry finish

Laphroaig Quarter Cask - NAS - 48% ABV
4/17/2010
Ward Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
5/22/2010
Gray

Ardbeg Corryvreckan NAS 57.1% ABV

Sprinbank 12yo Sherry 56.1% ABV
6/19/2010
Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
7/17/2010
Fitzgerald

Ardbeg Uigeadail NAS 52.4% ABV

Auchentoshan 12yo (Triple Distilled)
8/21/2010
 Oesch

Aberfeldy 12yo

Highland Park 11yo Single Cask 59.6% ABV
9/18/2010
 Schmeling

Cardhu 12yo

Glenrothes 1994 15yo

10/16/2010
 Horn

anCnoc 12yo

Lismore NAS

11/20/2010
 Burgdorf

Auchentoshan 18yo

Laphroaig 18yo

12/18/2010
 Westerheim

Balvenie 14yo Caribbean Rum Cask

Glenlivit 16yo Nadurra 57.6% ABV
1/22/2011
 Hartmann

Glen Garioch 14yo 43.0 ABV

Glenkinchie 12yo 48.0%ABV
2/19/2011
 Moore

Aberlour 18yo

Glenmorangie 18yo
3/19/2011
 Ward

Arran 14 yo non-chill filtered

Glenmorangie Finealta NAS
4/16/2011
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
5/21/2011
 Oesch

Dalmore 15yo

Auchentoshan Classic
6/18/2011
 Fitzgerald

Balvenie 17yo Peated

Bunnahabhain 18yo
7/16/2011
 Schmeling

Glenlivet 18yo

Tomatin 18yo
8/20/2011
 Horn

Pebble Beach 12yo

Oban 14yo
9/17/2011
 Burgdorf

Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix NAS

Glenkinchie 13 yo
10/22/2011
 Schmeling

Glenmorangie Astar NAS 57.1 ABV

Scapa 12 yo
11/19/2011
 Hartmann

Arran Machrie Moore NAS

Glencadam 15yo

12/17/2011
 Moore

Smith's Glenlivet 21yo

Connoisseur's Choice Craigellachie

1/21/2012
 Westerheim

Longmorn Distiller's Reserve 18yo

Ladaig 10yo

2/18/2012
 Gray

Glendronach Revival 15yo

BenRiach 12yo Arumaticus Fumosus
3/17/2012
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
4/21/2012
 Ward

Glen Moray 16yo

Aberfeldy 21yo
5/19/2012
 Fitzgerald

Tullibardine 18yo

Dalmore Signatory Vintage 19yo
6/16/2012
 Horn

Signatory Highland Park 20yo

ADR Bowmore 20yo
7/21/2012
 Burgdorf

Fettercairn 1995 16yo (Signatory)

Stronachie 12yo

8/18/2012
 Hartmann

Glenmorangie Artein 15yo

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12yo
9/22/2012
 Schmeling

Barcones NAS, Waco

Balvenie Doublewood 12yo
10/20/2012
 Gray

Glenfarclas 105 NAS

Glen Grant 10yo Sherry Finish
11/17/2013
 Wernick

Glenfiddich Malt Masters NAS

Glenrothes 1998 10yo
12/22/2013
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
1/19/2013
 Ward

Mortlach 16yo

Highland Queen 16yo
2/16/2013
 Oesch

Isle of Jura Prophecy NAS

Glenrothes 18yo (Alexander Murray)
3/16/2013
 Fitzgerald

Singleton Auchroisk (ADR) 20yo 54%

Auchentoshan Octave 11yo 52.8%
4/20/2013
 Schmeling

Glenlivit Nadura Triumph 17yo

Mortlach 22 yo (Alexander Murray)
5/18/2013
 Horn

Bruchladdich Port Charlotte PC7 7yo 61% ABV

Springbank 2000 12yo 52.7 ABV
6/22/2013
 Burgdorf

Glenfarclas 17yo 43% ABV

Cragganmore 13yo 40% ABV
7/20/2013
 Hartmann

Glendarroch (aka Glenfarclas) 42yo

Jura by Duncan Taylor 18yo
8/17/2013
 Gray

Cragellachie 11yo

Auchentoshan 12yo
9/21/2013
 Wernick

Dalmore Gran Reserve NAS

Jura, Isle of, Superstition NAS
10/19/2013
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
11/16/2013
 Ward

Balvenie 12 Single Cask

Glenmorangie 18yo Rare
12/21/2013
 Oesch

Glenrothes 22yo A.D. Rattray 54.1% ABV

Glen Elgin 19yo Duncan Taylor 53.6% ABV
1/18/2014
 Benson

Kilkerran 10yo 43.6% ABV

Arran 16yo 55.1% ABV
2/22/2014
 Fitzgerald

Kilchoman 5yo Single Cask 60.5% ABV

Lagavulin 12yo Cask Strength 55.1% ABV
3/22/2014
 Schmeling

Imperial by Duncan Taylor 17 yo CS 53.5% ABV

Bowmore by Signatory 13yo 46% ABV
4/19/2014
 Burgdorf

Tamdhu 10yo Sherry Cask 43% ABV

Edradour 10yo Single Cask for Specs 46% ABV
5/17/2014
 Horn

Dailuaine by Duncan & Taylor 14yo 46% ABV

Bowmore 15yo Darkest Sherry Cask 43% ABV
6/21/2014
 Hartmann

Longmorn (Signatory) 17yo 46% ABV

Imperial (Signatory) 18yo 46%ABV

7/19/2014
 Gray

Longrow Peated NAS 46%

Kilkerran 9yo Bourbon Wood 46%

8/16/2014
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
9/20/2014
 Ward

Glenlivet Guardians Chapter NAS 48.7% ABV

Auchentaoshan Signatory 14yo 46% ABV

10/18/2014
 Oesch

Hazelburn 12yo 46% ABV

Tormore 18yo (Signatory) 43% ABV

11/22/2014
 Wernick

Edradour 8yo 46% ABV (Specs)

Tomintoul 12yo 40% ABV
12/19/2014
 Fitzgerald

Springbank 9yo 54.7% ABV

Imperial 18yo 52.7% ABV
1/17/2015
 Simms

Glen Kirk 8yo 40% ABV

Shieldaig NAS 40% ABV
2/20/2015
 Schmeling Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
3/20/2015
 Horn

Jura Origin 10yo 43% ABV

Old Ballantruan 10yo 50% ABV
4/18/2015
 Hartmann

Kilchoman Islay Sherry Cask NAS 46% ABV

Tobermory 10yo Isle of Mull 46.3% ABV
5/16/2015
 Burgdorf

Tomatin 15yo 43% ABV

Arran 12yo Cask Strength, 53.2% ABV

6/20/2015
 Fitzgerald

Battle Hill Mortlach 14yo 46% ABV

Shielddaig 18yo 40% ABV

7/18/2015
 Gray Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
8/22/2015
 Horn

Bunnahabhain Ceobanach 10yo 46.3% ABV

Glenburgie 1995 (Signatory) 19yo 46% ABV
9/19/2015
 Oesch

Glenrothes (Signatory) 1999 15yo 46% ABV

Springbank 10yo 46% ABV
10/17/2015
 Schmeling

Balvenie DW 12yo 43% ABV

Highland Park 12yo 43% ABV
11/21/2015
 Simms

Aberlour 12yo Double Cask 40% ABV

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12yo 46% ABV
12/18/2015
 Ward

Clynelish 1996 18yo Signatory bottled for Specs 55.2% ABV

Glenburgie 6yo by Lonach 46% ABV

1/16/2016
 Burgdorf

Old Ballantruan 10yo Peated 50% ABV

Glenlivet Nadurra NAS Peated C.S. 61.5% ABV

Wernick

Tomatin 12yo 43% ABV

Dalmore (The) 12yo 40% ABV

Fitzgerald

Macallen 12yo 43% ABV

Glenfiddich 14yo 43% ABV
Hartmann

Smokey Joe NAS 46% ABV

Smokehead NAS 43% ABV
5/21/2016
 Gray

Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
6/18/2016
 Horn

Springbank 10yo 46% ABV

Highland Park 12yo 43% ABV
Simms

Kilchoman Sanaig NAS 46% ABV

Royal Brackla 15yo by A. D. Rattray 40% ABV
Ward

Auchentoshan 15yo by Cadenhead (Small Batch) 53.4% ABV

Glen Scotia NAS 46% ABV
Schmeling

Balblair 2002 46% ABV

Lismore 18yo 43% ABV
Burgdorf

Aultmore of the Foggy Moss 12yo

Loch Lomond 12yo 46% ABV

Wernick

Loch Lomond 12yo 46% ABV

Inchmurrin 12yo
Fitzgerald

Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV

Maccallan 12yo Double Cask 43% ABV
Gray

Grangestone 21yo Oak Cask Finish 40% ABV

Grangestone 8yo Rum Cask Finish 40% ABV

Hartmann

Balvenie 14yo Caribbean Cask 43% ABV

Glenfarclas 12yo 43% ABV

Horn

Glenfiddich 14yo Bourbon Barrel Reserve 43% ABV

Clynelish 14yo 46% ABV

Schmeling

Aberlour A'bunadh 61.2% ABV

Aberlour 12yo Double Cask 40% ABV

Ward

Deanston Virgin NAS 46.3% ABV

Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV

6/17/2017
 Simms Ten Year Anniversary (Taster's Choice)
Burgdorf

Ballechin by Edradour 12yo, Single Bourbon Cask, , 46% ABV

Tamdu NAS, Batch Strength No. 2, Sherry Cask, 58.5% ABV

Fitzgerald

Glen Moray 15yo 40% ABV

Singleton 15yo 40% ABV $44.49+3.67
Crawford

Arrans Amarone Cask Finish NAS 50% ABV

Glenrothes by Signatory 16yo 46% ABV
Hartmann

Glen Moray Elgin Peated Classic NAS 40% ABV

Port Askaig (Caol Ila?) 55% ABV
11/18/2017
 Gray Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Horn

Glenmorangie 18yo Extremely Rare 43% ABV

Arran 18yo 46% ABV

1/20/2018
 Wernick Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Schmeling

Macallan 10yo 40% ABV

Tomintoul 10yo 40% ABV

Simms

Glen Moray 18yo 47.2% ABV

Laphroig Cairdeas NAS 57.2% ABV

Ward

Glenlivet 2006 10yo 46% ABV

Bowmore 2001 13yo 57.5% ABV

Burgdorf

Aberlour 12yo Double Matured 40% ABV

Aberlour A'bunadh Oloroso Sherry Butts 60% ABV

Hartmann

Bunnahabhain Toiteach NAS 46% ABV

Ardbeg An Oa NAS 46.6% ABV

7/21/2018
 Fitzgerald

Singleton 12yo 40% ABV

Singleton 15yo 40% ABV

Crawford

Arron 14yo 46% ABV

Balvenie Peat Week 14yo 48.3% ABV

Gray

Ladaig 10yo 46.3% ABV

Dalmore Cigar Malt Reserve NAS 44% ABV
Gwisdala

Grangestone Bourbon Cask NAS 40% ABV

Amrut Fusion (Indiia) NAS 50% ABV
Horn

Glen Moray Classic Port Cask NAS 40% ABV

Royal Brackla (ADR) 15yo 40.6% ABV

Schmeling Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Wernick

The Deveron (McDuff Distillery) 12yo 40% ABV

Craigellachie 13yo 46% ABV
Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Burgdorf

Aberlour Casg Annamh Small Batch 0001 NAS 48% ABV

Glen Fohdry 21yo 47.1% ABV
Ward

Glenfiddich Project XX #2 NAS 47% ABV

Macallan Classic Cut NAS 51.2% ABV
Crawford

Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV

Benrinnes (Sutherlands) 18yo 45.2% ABV
Gray

Highland Park 12yo 40% ABV

Glenfarclas 12yo 43% ABV
Gwisdala

Glenmorangie Signet NAS 46% ABV

Grangestone Highlands NAS 40% ABV
Fitzgerald

Talisker Storm NAS 45.8% ABV

Highland Park Valkyrie NAS 45.9 ABV
Horn

Bladnoch 10yo 46.7% ABV

Glenlivet 14yo Cognac Cask 40% ABV
10/19/2019
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Hartmann

Tobermory 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV

Aultmore 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV
Schmeling

Ardbeg An Oa NAS 46.6% ABV

Balnellan 12yo 40% ABV
Ward

Mortlach 12YO "The Wee Witchie" 43.4% ABV

Mortlach 2008 by Signatory 10YO 46% ABV
Burgdorf

Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV

Tomatin NAS 57.5% ABV
3/21/2020
   Corona Virus
4/18/2020
   Corona Virus
5/16/2020
 Simms

Aerstone Land Cask 40% ABV

Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair 46.3% ABV
6/20/2020
   Corona Virus
7/18/2020
   Corona Virus
8/22/2020
   Corona Virus
Simms

Highland Park Twisted Tatoo 16yo 46.7% ABV

Aberlour Casg Annamh NAS 48% ABV

Simms

Longmorn (ADR) 11yo 58.1% ABV

Auchroise (ADR) 10yo 56.9% ABV
Langham

Creag Isle 12yo 46% ABV

Glenglassough NAS 42.2% ABV

12/19/2020
   Corona Virus
  Corona Virus
  Corona Virus
3/20/2021
   Corona Virus
Gray

Glenfiddich IPA NAS 43% ABV

Auchentoshan American Oak NAS 40% ABV
Crawford

Glenrothes 12yo Sherry Cask 40% ABV

Dalmore 12yo Sherry Cask Select 43% ABV
Fitzgerald

Lagavulin 8yo 48% ABV

Auchroisk 10yo bottled by A.D. Rattray 56.9% ABV

Nail

Tomintoul 12yo Port Cask Limited Edition 40% ABV

Dalwhinnie 15yo 43% ABV
Schmeling

Tomintoul Tlath NAS

Glendronach 15yo Revival

Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Wernick

Tamdhu 15yo 43% ABV Oloroso Sherry Casks

Glenmorangie The Cadboll Estate 15yo Batch No. 2

Gwisdala

Glen Ness 18yo 40% ABV

Oban Little Bay NAS 43% ABV
Ward

Bunnahabain 12 yo 46.3% ABV

Auchentushan Three Wood NAS 43% ABV
Burgdorf

Glenfarclas 105 Cask Strength NAS 60% ABV

Glendronach 15 Year Revival 15yo 43% ABV
Crawford

Glen Fohdry 12yo Oak Cask 47.1% ABV

Highland Park Cask Strength No. 2 NAS 63.9% ABV

Fitzgerald

Glenlivet Illicit Still 12yo 48% ABV

Balblair 12 yo 46% ABV
Gray

Torabhaig Allt Gleann NAS 46% ABV

Balvenie 14 Yr Caribbean Cask 43% ABV
Gwisdala

Glengoyne 18yo 43% ABV

Creag Isle 12yo 42.2% ABV
Ward

The Macallan Double Cask 12yo 43% ABV

Glenmorangie The Original 10yo 43% ABV
Kobdish

Jura Journey NAS 40% ABV

Shieldaig Oloroso Cask Finish NAS
Nail

Glenmorangie 13 Year Cognac Finish 46% ABV

Benriach The Smoky Twelve 12yo 46% ABV
9/17/2022
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Burgdorf

Lagavulan 16yo 43% ABV

Highland Park 15yo Viking Heart 44% ABV

11/19/2022

 Cook

Oban 14yo 43% ABV

Singleton Of Glendullan 18yo 40% ABV
Gray

Grangestone 12yo 43% ABV

Lagavulin 11yo 46% ABV
Gwisdala

Jura 21 Yr Tide 46.7% ABV

Islay Gold 10yo 40% ABV
Nail

Benriach 10yo 40% ABV

Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10yo 50% ABV
Kobdish

Glendronach Port Wood 10yo 46% ABV

Loch Lomond 18yo 46% ABV

Roy

anCnoc 12yo 43% ABV

Berry’s Macduff 19yo 2002 cask strength 56.7% ABV
5/20/2023
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Ward

Aberfeldy 16yo 40% ABV

Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 50% ABV
Williams

Glen Fohdry 12yo Mizunara Oak Cask 47.1% ABV

Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV
Gray

Bowmore 12yo 40% ABV

Ardbeg Uigeadail 54.2% ABV
Gwisdala

Isle of Raasay NAS (3yr) 700ml 61.9% ABV

Aberfeldy 16yo 40% ABV
Nail

Mortlach 16yo 43.4% ABV

Glenfiddich Sherry Cask 12yo 43% ABV

11/18/2023

 Hartmann

Bunnahabhain Stiuireadir NAS 46.3% ABV

Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year 46% ABV
Kobdish

1933 Macleod's 15yo 40% ABV

Tamdhu 12yo 43% ABV
Moore

Glenglassaugh 12yo NAS

Ardnamurchan Cask Strength 58.3 ABV
Kobdish

Grangestone Bourbon Cask Finish NAS 40% ABV

Lagavulin Distillers Edition NAS 43% ABV
Ward

Alexander Murray Highland 10Yr Sherry Cask 46% ABV

Battlehill Bunnahabhain 8Yr Peated 2014 Sherry 46% ABV 
4/20/2024
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
Morton

Glenmorangie A Tale Of Tokyo NAS 46%ABV

Glenmorangie A Tale Of Forest Scotch NAS 46% ABV

Gray

Singleton of Glendullan 15yo

Sutherlands Inchgower Malt 17yo

Moore

Glenglassaugh Sandend NAS 50.5% ABV

Glenglassaugh Portsoy NAS 49.1% ABV

Gwisdala

Isle of Skye 21yo 40% ABV

Buchanan's Master NAS

Hartmann

Tamnavulin Red Wine Cask Cabernet 40% ABV

Grangestone 14yo PX Cask Finish 40% ABV
Nail

Benromach 15yo 43% ABV

Benromach Peat Smoke Sherry 2014

11/16/2024
 Simms Taster's Choice - Flight of Six
12/20/2024
 Morton  
Roy  
Ward  
Gray  
4/19/2025
 Gwisdala  
5/17/2025
 Hartmann  
6/21/2025
 Kobdish  
Moore  
Nail  
Roy  
10/18/2025
 Simms  
11/22/2025
 Ward  
12/20/2025
 Gray  

Special Meetings

From time-to-time we will forgo our typical meeting to revisit some of our previous selections. This not only allows us to replenish our kitty, but is an opportunity to confirm (or not) our previous impressions. Instead of the usual two 2-ounce samples, we taste a flight of six 1-ounce samples. The experience more than justifies the challenge of the setup which is shown in the picture below.

 

 

Scotches Tasted (Updated 04/16/2024)

Scotch
Region
Paid 1
Date 1
Score 1
Paid 2
Date 2
Score 2
Paid 3
Date 3
Score 3
Paid 4
Date 4
Score 4
Aberfeldy 12yo Highland $28.88 8/21/2010 79.7
Aberfeldy 16yo Highland $99.99 6/17/2023 87.4 $99.99 9/16/2023 86.6
Aberfeldy 21yo Highland $55.93 4/21/2012 87.1
Aberlour a'bunadh Batch #21 Speyside $52.98 4/18/2009 88.0
Aberlour A'bunadh 61.2% ABV Speyside $94.71 4/22/2017 88.7
Aberlour A'bunadh Oloroso Sherry Butts 60% ABV Speyside $83.72 5/19/2018 88.3
Aberlour 12yo Double Matured 40% ABV Speyside $61.99 7/21/2007 76.2 $44.99 11/21/2015 87.7 $50.92 4/22/2017 85.2 $45.57 5/19/2018 86.4
Aberlour 16yo Speyside $46.31 7/18/2009 84.0
Aberlour 18yo Speyside $78.48 2/19/2011 82.5
Aberlour Casg Annamh Small Batch 0001 NAS 48% ABV Speyside $64.99 3/16/2019 85.8 $64.99 9/19/2020 87.3
Aerstone Land Cask 40% ABV Speyside $30.14 5/16/2020 No Score
Alexander Murray Highland 10yo 40% ABV Highland $44.99 3/16/2024 89.4
Amrut Fusion (Indiia) 50% ABV NAS India $65.49 10/20/2018 86.4
anCnoc Highland $30.00 10/16/2010 73.3
anCnoc 12yo 43% ABV Highland $43.99 4/22/2023 ?
Ardbeg 10 yo ** Islay $56.99 12/21/2007 74.7
Ardbeg Corryvreckan NAS 57.1% Islay $96.29 5/22/2010 85.3
Ardbeg Uigeadail NAS 52.4% Islay $68.18 7/17/2010 85.7 $79.99 8/19/2023 83.2
Ardbeg An Oa NAS 46.6% ABV Islay $49.49 6/16/2018 86.3 $54.99 1/21/2019 86.6
Ardmore NAS Highland $37.33 12/19/2009 81.9
Ardnamurchan Cask Strength NAS 58.3% ABV Highland $83.99 1/20/2024 85.6
Arran 10yo Non-chill filtered Highland (Island) $43.06 9/19/2009 81.9
Arran 12yo Non-chill filtered C. S. 53.2% ABV Highland (Island) $47.99 5/16/2015 82.4
Arran 14yo Non-chill filtered Highland (Island) $53.91 3/19/2011 78.8 $46.69 8/18/2018 86.4
Arran 16yo Sherry 55.1% (Spec's Private Cask) Highland (Island) $70.09 1/20/2014 82.7
Arran 18yo Non-chill filtered Highland (Island) $94.74 12/17/2017 86.0
Arran Machrie Moore NAS Highland $56.42 11/19/2011 77.3
Arrans Amarone Cask Finish NAS 50% ABV Highland $57.99 9/16/2017 84.8
Auchentoshan Classic NAS Lowland $27.75 5/21/2011 78.2
Auchentoshan 3 Wood Lowland $51.83 12/20/2008 86.0 $69.99 12/17/2021 85.1
Auchentoshan 12yo Lowland $35.07 7/17/2010 85.3 $41.77 8/17/2013 x
Auchentoshan 15yo by Cadenhead (Small Batch) 53.4% ABV Lowland $79.54 8/20/2016 80.1
Auchentoshan 18yo Lowland $78.51 11/20/2010 85.3
Auchentoshan Octave 52.8% ABV Lowland $67.39 3/16/2013 87.4
Auchentaoshan Signatory 14yo 46% ABV Lowland $50.85 9/20/2014 83.1
Auchentoshan American Oak NAS 40% ABV Lowland $41.79 4/17/2021 85.5
Auchroise (ADR) 10yo 56.9% ABV Speyside $70.79 10/17/2020 82.1
Auchroisk 10yo A.D. Rattray 56.9% ABV Speyside $78.99 6/19/2021 83.7
Aultmore of the Foggy Moss 12yo 46% ABV Speyside $47.39 10/22/2016 80.4
Aultmore 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV Speyside $62.49 11/16/2019 83.8
Balblair 2002 46% ABV Highland $53.99 9/17/2016 81.3
Balblair 12 yo 46% ABV Highland $58.99 3/19/2022 84.1
Balcones 53% ABV Waco $52.72 9/22/2012 80.5
Ballantruan, Old 10yo 50% ABV Speyside $59.99 3/21/2015 81.4 $59.99 1/16/2016 82.4
Balvenie Doublewood 12yo Speyside $44.95 9/22/2012 82.9 $47.82 10/17/2015 86.4
Balvenie Doublewood 12yo Speyside $48.99 6/30/2007 80.8
Balvenie 12yo single cask Speyside $65.09 11/16/2013 85.6
Balvenie 14yo Rum Cask Finish Speyside $51.15 12/17/2010 80.1 $61.47 2/18/2017 82.5 $74.99 4/23/2022 85.5
Balvenie 15yo Speyside $53.82 10/17/2009 86.2
Balvenie 17yo Speyside $103.29 6/18/2011 88.9
Balvenie 25yo Speyside $112.00 ? 87.8
Balvenie Peat Week 14yo 48.3% ABV Speyside $81.79 8/18/2018 85.2
Benriach 12yo Arumaticus Fumosus Speyside $54.54 2/18/2012 84.3
Benriach Speyside $58.00 6/28/2008 67.2
Benriach The Smoky Twelve 12yo 46% ABV Speyside $60.99 8/20/2022 85.8
Benriach 10yo Speyside $54.99 2/18/2023 85.3
Benrinnes (Sutherlands) 18yo 45.2% ABV Speyside $88.90 5/18/2019 85.7
Bladnoch 10yo 46.7% ABV Lowland $42.99 9/21/2019 82.3
Bowmore 12yo ** Islay $44.91 10/20/2007 76.7 $69.99 8/19/2023 85.4
Bowmore 2001 13yo 57.5% ABV Islay $70.99 4/21/2018 83.3
Bowmore 15yo Darkest Sherry Cask Finish Islay $62.69 5/17/2014 81.1
Bowmore 15yo Islay $43.72 3/21/2009 85.2
Bowmore ADR 20yo Islay $127.04 6/16/2012 90.8
Bowmore by Signatory 13yo 46% ABV Islay $39.23 3/22/2014 78.1
Bruichladdich 15yo Islay $67.50 12/19/2009 84.0
Bruchladdich PC7 61% ABV Islay $74.61 5/18/2013 82.1
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10yo Islay $69.99 2/18/2023 89.0
Bruichladdich The Classic Laddie 50% ABV Islay $53.99 6/17/2023 82.8
Bunnahabhain 12yo Islay (North Shore) $38.35 5/16/2009 78.4 $56.99 12/17/2021 82.6
Bunnahabhain 18yo Islay (North Shore) $81.98 6/18/2011 89.1
Bunnahabhain Ceobanach 10yo 46.3% ABV Islay (North Shore) $66.81 9/19/2015 84.4
Bunnahabhain Toiteach NAS 46% ABV Islay (North Shore) $62.99 6/16/2018 85.8
Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair 46.3% ABV Islay (North Shore) $32.98 5/16/2020 No Score
Bunnahabhain Stiuireadir NAS 46.3% ABV Islay (North Shore) $47.99 11/18/2023 88.3
Bunnahabhain Battlehill Islay (North Shore) $49.99 3/16/2024
Caol Ila 12yo Islay $48.06 12/20/2008 76.0
Cardhu Speyside $32.22 9/18/2010 79.1
Clynelish 14yo Highland $47.28 5/16/2009 80.4 $57.99 3/18/2017 82.6
Clynelish 1996 18yo Signatory bottled for Specs 55.2% ABV Highland $96.78 12/18/2015 86.8
Creag Isle 12yo 46% ABV Islay $38.99 11/21/2020 ???
Cragganmore 12yo ** Speyside $47.82 10/20/2007 77.8
Cragganmore 1992 Speyside $55.83 8/22/2009 86.6
Cragganmore 1998 13yo Speyside $62.27 6/22/2013 83.9
Craigellachie 11yo Connoisseur's Choice Speyside $48.80 8/17/2013 x
Craigellachie 11yo Connoisseur's Choice Speyside $51.99 12/16/2011 84.4
Craigellachie 13yo 46% ABV Speyside $52.99 1/19/2019 84.4
Dailuaine (Duncan Taylor) 14yo 46% Speyside $69.99 5/17/2014 80.0
Dalmore 12yo** Highland $29.99 8/18/2007 74.0 $45.99 2/20/2016 82.7
Dalmore Cigar Malt ** Highland $25.95 7/19/2008 81.8
Dalmore 15yo Highland $66.19 5/21/2011 85.2
Dalmore 21yo Highland $85.00 ? 81.8
Dalmore 1990 Signatory 19yo Highland $58.68 5/19/2012 84.8
Dalmore Gran Reserve Highland $54.55 9/21/2013 79.9
Dalmore 12yo Sherry Cask Select 43% ABV Highland $79.99 5/22/2021 87.5
Dalwhinnie 15yo Highland $52.00 5/17/2008 81.2
Dalwhinnie 15yo Sherry Cask 43% ABV Highland $71.99 7/17/2021 85.0
Deanston 12yo Highland $36.99 8/16/2008 75.8
Deanston Virgin NAS 46.3% ABV Highland $24.99 5/20/2017 81.5
(The) Deveron (McDuff Distillery) 12yo 40% ABV Highland $44.99 1/19/2019 83.7
Edradour 8yo 46% ABV (Specs) Highland $63.41 11/22/2014 78.9
Edradour 10yo Highland $58.12 2/20/2010 82.0
Edradour 10yo Single Cask 46% Highland $49.40 4/19/2014 74.7
Edradour Ballechin 12yo, Single Bourbon Cask, Heavily Peated Highland Malt, 46% ABV Highland $74.79 7/22/2017 84.6
Fettercairn 1995 16yo 43% ABV Cask 43 Btl 86 Highland $52.96 7/16/2012 74.2
Glen Elgin 19yo Duncan Taylor 53.6% Speyside $47.63 12/20/2013 84.3
Glen Fohdry 21yo 47.1% ABV Speyside $74.99 3/16/2019 85.4
Glen Fohdry 12yo Oak Cask Speyside $59.99 2/19/2022 83.6
Glen Fohdry 12yo Mizunara Oak Cask 47.1% ABV Speyside $69.99 7/22/2023 86.0
Glen Grant 10yo Highland $31.90 10/20/2012 80.3
Glen Grant 16yo Speyside $62.21 3/20/2010 86.1
Glen Garioch Highland $44.44 1/22/2011 76.4
Glen Kirk 8yo 40% ABV Speyside $19.42 1/17/2015 76.8
Glen Moray 16 Speyside $58.50 4/21/2012 82.6
Glen Moray 15yo 40% ABV Speyside $49.99 8/19/2017 83.3
Glen Moray 18yo 47.2% ABV Speyside $71.49 3/17/2018 87.0
Glen Moray Elgin Peated Classic NAS 40% ABV Speyside $24.99 10/21/2017 85.0
Glen Moray Classic Port Cask NAS 40% ABV Speyside $22.09 11/17/2018 82.5
Glen Ness 18yo 40% ABV Highland $76.99 11/20/2021 86.0
Glen Scotia NAS 46% ABV Campbeltown $46.94 8/20/2016 86.3
Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV Campbeltown $69.99 5/20/2017 86.5
Glen Scotia 15yo 46% ABV Campbeltown $57.74 2/22/2020 85.9
Glenallachie Signatory Speyside $39.00 6/28/2008 77.7
Glenburgie 1995 (Signatory) 19yo 46% ABV Speyside $64.62 8/22/2015 86.8
Glenburgie 6 yo by Lonach 46% ABV Speyside $35.21 12/18/2015 84.3
Glencadam 15yo Highland $41.91 11/19/2011 80.0
Glendarroch (aka Glenfarclas) 42yo Speyside $92.77 7/20/2013 83.3
Glendronach 15yo Revival Highland $72.99 2/18/2012 83.9 $89.99 8/21/2021 87.2 $89.99 1/22/2022 88.9
Glendronach Port Wood 10yo 46% ABV Highland $95.99 3/18/2023 85.6
Glenfarclas 12yo 43% ABV **(aka Glenfarclas) Highland $47.00 4/19/2008 88.8 $39.99 4/18/2009
Glenfarclas 105 NAS Speyside $73.31 10/20/2012 86.9 $89.99 1/22/2022 85.3
Glenfarclas 12yo ** Speyside $53.99 12/21/2007 78.8 $41.37 2/18/2017 84.3 $44.97 6/22/2019 86.3
Glenfarclas 17yo Speyside $91.78 6/22/2013 83.8
Glenfiddich 12yo Speyside $42.95 5/17/2008 -----
Glenfiddich 14yo Speyside $44.99 3/19/2016 86.4 $49.99 3/18/2017 85.1
Glenfiddich 15yo Speyside $37.15 3/21/2009 86.1
Glenfiddich 18yo Speyside $62.84 7/18/2009 86.7
Glenfiddich Sherry Cask 12yo 43% ABV Speyside $49.99 10/21/2023 88.3
Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix Speyside $75.00 9/17/2011 82.4
Glenfiddich Malt Masters Speyside $63.88 11/17/2012 83.9
Glenfiddich Project XX #2 NAS 47% ABV Speyside $69.99 4/20/2019 86.9
Glenfiddich IPA NAS 43% ABV Speyside $56.69 4/17/2021 84.6
Glenglassough NAS 42.2% ABV Highland $49.99 11/21/2020 ???
Glenglassough 12yo 45% ABV Highland $60.73 1/20/2024 88.3
Glengoyne 12yo Highland $45.99 9/22/2007 -----
Glenkinchie 12yo Lowland $50.67 1/22/2011 83.0
Glenkinchie 13yo Distiller's Edition Lowland $50.67 9/17/2011 80.8
Glenlivet 2006 10yo 46% ABV Speyside $53.49 4/21/2018 86.6
Glenlivet 12yo Speyside $35.99 9/22/2007 -----
Glenlivet 15yo French oak finish Speyside $40.88 1/16/2010 82.3
Glenlivet 16yo, Nadurra 57.6% abv Speyside $49.11 12/17/2010 78.0
Glenlivet 17yo, Nadurra Triumph 48.0% abv Speyside $66.81 6/22/2013 81.4
Glenlivet Nadurra NAS Peated C.S. 61.5% ABV Speyside $69.99 1/16/2016 83.0
Glenlivet 18yo Speyside $73.74 7/16/2011 85.3
Glenlivet Guardians Chapter NAS 48.7% ABV Speyside $61.41 9/20/2014 83.7
Glenlivet 14yo Cognac Cask 40% ABV Speyside $45.26 9/21/2019 86.0
Glenlivet Illicit Still 12yo 48% ABV Speyside $62.99 3/19/2022 86.0
Smith's Glenlivet 21yo Speyside $102.99 12/16/2011 84.2
Glenmorangie Original 10yo Speyside $35.99 6/18/2022 83.5
Glenmorangie 12yo port wine finish ** Highland $59.99 7/21/2007 74.9
Glenmorangie Astar NAS (9/10) 57.1% ABV Highland $70.00 10/22/2011 82.5
Glenmorangie Nectar D'or 12yo (Sauterne Wood) Highland $59.00 11/22/2008 85.0
Glenmorangie Lasante 12yo (Sherry Wood) Highland $50.67 11/22/2008 85.0
Glenmorangie 18yo Highland $71.67 2/19/2011 84.1
Glenmorangie 18yo Rare Highland $71.66 11/16/2013 81.3 $89.99 12/16/2017 88.1
Glenmorangie Finealta Highland $71.59 3/19/2011 83.4
Glenmorangie Artein 15yo Highland $67.38 8/18/2012 84.7
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 12yo Highland $34.87 8/18/2012 83.5 $41.90 11/21/2015 85.1
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14 Year 46% ABV Highland $54.99 11/18/2023 86.4
Glenmorangie Signet NAS 46% ABV Highland $179.99 7/20/2019 92.6
Glenmorangie The Cadboll Estate 15yo Batch No. 2 Highland $89.99 10/16/2021 84.0
Glenmorangie 13 Year Cognac Finish 46% ABV Highland $89.99 8/20/2022 80.7
Glenrothes Select ** Speyside $43.99 10/21/2007 80.1
Glenrothes 1994 15yo Speyside $59.94 9/18/2010 82.0
Glenrothes 1998 10yo Speyside $39.92 11/17/2012 79.0
Glenrothes (Signatory) 1999 15yo 46% ABV Speyside $59.99 9/19/2015 81.4
Glenrothes 18yo Alexander Murray Speyside $36.24 2/16/2013 81.9
Glenrothes 22yo A.D. Rattray Speyside $68.88 12/20/2013 86.3
Glenrothes by Signatory 16yo 46% ABV Speyside $59.99 9/16/2017 83.1
Glenrothes 12yo Sherry Cask 40% ABV Speyside $50.99 5/22/2021 86.9
Grangestone Bourbon Cask NAS 40% Highland $28.99 10/20/2018 85.0 $32.99 2/17/2024
Grangestone 8yo Rum Cask 40% ABV Highland $28.99 1/21/2017 83.8
Grangestone 21yo 40% ABV Highland $82.99 1/21/2017 86.8
Grangestone Highlands NAS 40% ABV Highland $21.59 7/20/2019 80.2
Grangestone 12yo 43% ABV Highland $34.99 12/17/2023 84.7
Hazelburn 12yo 46% ABV Campbeltown $77.92 10/18/2014 79.4
Highland Park 12yo 40% ABV ** Highland $36.99 3/22/2008 87.3 $35.49 10/17/2015 87.2 $36.99 6/18/2016 85.8 $36.97 6/22/2019 83.1
Highland Park 18yo Highland $67.99 3/22/2008 90.2
Highland Park 11yo Single Cask 59.6% ABV Highland $51.77 8/21/2010 86.1
Highland Park Signatory 20 yo Highland $97.67 6/16/2012 87.3
Highland Park Valkyrie NAS 45.9 ABV Highland $72.99 8/17/2019 85.1
Highland Park Twisted Tatoo 16yo 46.7% ABV Highland $87.99 9/19/2020 84.1
Highland Park Cask Strength No. 2 Highland $89.99 2/19/2022 87.5
Highland Park 15 Year Viking Heart Highland $104.99 10/22/2022
Highland Queen 16yo Highland $49.99 1/19/2013 84.3
Islay Gold Islay $39.99 1/21/2023 85.6
Imperial by Duncan Taylor 17yo 53.5% Speyside $106.24 3/22/2014 87.8
Imperial (Signatory) 18yo 46% ABV Speyside $59.95 6/21/2014 80.3
Imperial (Signatory) 18yo 52.7% ABV Speyside $78.03 12/19/2014 81.3
Inchmurrin 12yo 46% ABV Highland $57.29 11/19/2016 83.9
Jura, Isle of, Origin 10yo Highland $39.99 3/21/2015 84.6
Jura, Isle of, Superstition Highland $42.90 9/21/2013 82.4
Jura, Isle of 16yo Highland (Island) $38.33 10/17/2009 78.7
Jura Prophecy NAS Highland (Island) $61.14 2/16/2013 78.7
Jura by Duncan Taylor 18yo Highland (Island) $71.02 7/20/2013 81.3
Jura Journey Scotch NAS 40% ABV Highland (Island) $34.99 7/16/2022 81.8
Jura Tide 21yo Highland (Island) $196.99 1/21/2023 89.1
Kilchoman Islay Sherry Cask NAS 46% ABV Islay $69.79 4/18/2015 83.0
Kilchoman 5yo Single Cask 60.5% Islay $77.90 2/22/2014 84.6
Kilchoman Sanaig NAS (4-5yo) 46% ABV Islay $49.99 7/16/2016 81.7
Kilkerran Campbeltown $52.85 1/20/2014 81.7 $59.99 7/19/2014 78.3
Ladaig 10yo Torbermory Distillery Isle of Mull Highland (Island) $44.36 1/21/2012 83.0
Lagavulin 12yo Cask Strength 55.1% ABV Islay $69.72 2/22/2014 84.9
Lagavulin 16yo 43% ABV Islay $69.17 7/19/2008 91.1 $87.39 12/17/2016 89.6 $77.12 5/18/2019 91.1 $103.99 10/22/2022 90.3
Lagavulin 17yo Double Matured Islay $78.89 11/21/2009 89.6
Lagavulin 8yo 48% ABV Islay $66.99 6/19/2021 82.9
Lagavulin 11 Offerman 46% ABV Islay $91.99 12/17/2022 86.1
Lagavulin Distillers Edition NAS 43% ABV Islay $114.99 2/17/2024
Laphroaig 10yo C.S. Islay $41.99 10/25/2008 88.0
Laphroaig 15yo Islay $56.60 8/22/2009 85.2
Laphroaig Quarter Cask NAS Islay $48.66 3/20/2010 81.2
Laphroaig 18yo Islay $55.45 11/20/2010 83.0
Laphroaig Cairdeas NAS 57.2% ABV Islay $71.07 3/17/2018 87.5
Lismore Speyside $23.00 10/16/2010 81.9
Lismore 18yo 43% ABV Speyside $51.99 9/17/2016 80.3
Loch Lomond 12yo 46% ABV Highland $54.84 10/22/2016 81.3 $54.84 11/19/2016 81.0
Loch Lomond 18yo 46% ABV Highland $88.99 3/18/2023 87.1
Longmorn Distiller's Reserve Speyside $69.99 1/21/2012 81.3
Longmorn (Signatory) 17yo 46% ABV Speyside $61.01 6/21/2014 80.7
Longmorn (ADR) 11yo 58.1% ABV Speyside $84.99 10/17/2020 84.9
Longrow Peated NAS 46% Campbeltown $49.99 7/19/2014 80.3
Macallan 10yo Speyside $32.62 2/20/2010 82.2 $46.12 2/17/2018 80.1
Macallan 12yo Speyside $38.99 2/16/2008 86.0 $47.99 3/19/2016 85.9
Macallan 15yo Speyside $64.99 8/16/2008 87.0
Macallan C.S. ** Speyside $52.99 2/16/2008 88.8
Macallan 12yo Double Cask 43% ABV Speyside $59.47 12/16/2016 87.1 $62.99 6/18/2022 83.6
Macallan Classic Cut NAS 51.2% ABV Speyside $89.99 4/20/2019 87.6
Macduff (Berry's) 19yo 56.7 ABV Highland $149.99 4/22/2023 ?
Macleod's, 1933, 15yo 40% ABV Unknown $99.99 12/15/2023 86.6
Mortlach 16yo 43.4% ABV Speyside $107.99 10/21/2023 90.5
Mortlach 16yo Alexander Murray Speyside $23.00 1/19/2013 85.4
Mortlach 22yo Alexander Murray Speyside $58.33 4/20/2013 86.1
Mortlach Battle Hill 14yo 46% ABV Speyside $59.65 6/20/2015 80.0
Mortlach 12YO "The Wee Witchie" 43.4% ABV Speyside $47.60 1/18/2020 88.2
Mortlach 2008 by Signatory 10YO 46% ABV Speyside $53.00 1/18/2020 85.8
Oban 14yo Highland $63.44 8/20/2011 84.3 $87.99 11/19/2022
Oban Little Bay NAS 43% ABV Highland $74.99 11/20/2021 85.8
Old Pulteney Highland $28.89 1/17/2009 80.8
Pebble Beach Speyside $70.99 8/20/2011 83.1
Port Askaig (Caol Ila?) 55% ABV Islay $59.84 10/21/2017 84.6
Raasay, Isle of, NAS (3yr) 700ml 61.9% ABV Highland (Island) $99.99 9/16/2023 83.2
Royal Brackla 15yo 40.6% ABV Highland $79.99 7/16/2016 83.3
Royal Brackla (ADR) 15yo 40.6% ABV Highland $70.99 11/17/2018 82.6
Scapa 16yo Speyside $52.00 10/22/2011 81.4
Shieldaig NAS 40% ABV Highland (Island) $17.56 1/17/2015 81.0
Shieldaig 18yo 40% ABV Highland (Island) $42.99 6/20/2015 83.4
Shieldaig Oloroso Cask Finish NAS 43% ABV Highland (Island) $52.99 7/16/2022 84.8
Singleton of Glendullan 18yo Highland (Island) $92.99 11/19/2022
Singleton 15yo 40% ABV Speyside $44.99 8/19/2017 83.7 $40.04 7/21/2018 No Score
Singleton of Glendullan 12yo Speyside $31.11 11/21/2009 87.3 $30.32 7/21/2018 No Score
Singleton Auchroisk by ADR 54% ABV Speyside $69.20 3/16/2013 82.6
Smokehead NAS 43% ABV Islay $49.99 4/16/2016 79.8
Smokey Joe NAS 46% ABV Islay $34.99 4/16/2016 81.0
Speyburn 10yo Speyside $22.99 11/16/2007 82.0
Springbank 10yo Campbeltown $51.63 2/21/2009 77.6 $39.99 9/19/2015 80.6 $39.99 6/16/2016 80.6
Springbank 12yo 56.1% ABV Campbeltown $80.99 5/22/2010 86.5
Springbank 12yo 52.7% ABV Campbeltown $78.73 5/18/2013 78.9
Springbank 9yo 54.7% ABV Campbeltown $68.78 12/19/2014 83.0
Strathisla 12yo Speyside $35.55 1/17/2009 83.3
Stronachie 12yo 43% ABV Highland $37.09 7/16/2012 76.0
Talisker 10 yo Highland $52.00 10/25/2008 87.0
Talisker 12 yo Distiller's Edition Highland $66.72 9/19/2009 86.6
Talisker Storm NAS 45.8% ABV Highland $54.99 8/17/2019 81.4
Tamdhu 10 yo Shery Cask 43% ABV Speyside $43.94 7/22/2017 80.8
Tamdu NAS, Batch Strength, Sherry Cask, Batch No. 2, 58.5% ABV Speyside $69.99 7/22/2017 84.0
Tamdhu 12yo 43% ABV Speyside $67.99 12/15/2023 85.7
Tamdhu 15yo 43% ABV Oloroso Sherry Casks Speyside $109.99 10/16/2021 85.0
Tobermory 10yo Isle of Mull 46.3% ABV Highland (Island) $45.99 4/18/2015 81.1
Tobermory 10yo (Duncan Taylor) 53% ABV Highland (Island) $55.49 11/16/2019 82.4
Tomatin 12yo Highland $23.99 8/18/2007 73.0 $26.99 2/20/2016 84.0
Tomatin 15yo Highland $57.49 5/16/2015 79.6
Tomatin 18yo Highland $58.74 7/16/2011 80.3
Tomatin NAS 57.5% ABV Highland $52.55 2/22/2020 83.8
Tomintoul 10yo 40% ABV Speyside $35.81 2/17/2018 80.3
Tomintoul 12yo 40% ABV Speyside $62.52 11/22/2014 81.6
Tomintoul 16yo Speyside $44.94 1/16/2010 79.3
Tomintoul 12yo Port Cask Limited Edition 40% ABV Speyside $81.99 7/17/2021 84.3
Tomintoul Tlath NAS Speyside $31.99 8/21/2021 85.4
Torabhaig Allt Gleann NAS 46% ABV Island $65.99 4/23/2022 82.8
Tormore 18yo (Signatory) 43% ABV Speyside $56.72 10/18/2014 82.4
Tullibardine 18yo Highland $58.55 5/19/2012 82.5
Yamazaki 12yo Japan $30.44 2/21/2009 70.0
Total Scotland (mostly) $17,496.19 83.5 $1,999.99 84.6 $414.97 86.2 $186.53
Total with Tax $18,939.63 $2,164.99 $449.21 $201.92

 

 

What Is Single Malt Scotch and How Is It Made?

(Much of the following information is derived from Wikipedia, although it has been edited to provide further detail)

Single Malt Scotch is a type of single malt whisky, distilled by a single distillery in a pot still, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient, in Scotland. As with any Scotch whisky, a Single Malt Scotch must be distilled in Scotland and matured in oak casks in Scotland for at least three years (most single malts are matured for longer).

  • "Single" indicates that all the malts in the bottle come from a single distillery. Multi-distillery malts are usually called "blended malt", "vatted malt" or "pure malt".
  • "Malt" indicates that the whisky is distilled from a single "malted" grain. Not all grains can be malted (rye is another grain which can be malted) but in the case of single malt Scotch, barley is always the grain used.

Production

All single malt Scotch goes through a similar batch production process, as outlined below. At bottling time various batches are mixed together or vatted to achieve consistent flavours from one bottling run to the next. Even so, some variation does occur, both intentionally and due to inexperience, and as such some distilleries will be better at creating consistent expressions than others. Also, distillers (both independent and official) may choose to change expressions in any way to attract more or a different kind of buyer. On the other hand, distillers might also choose to make batch variation into an asset, such as Edradour — which at the time was too small to maintain batch consistency — did after it was taken over by a new owner in 2002.

 

Water: Water is used in all phases of the production of whisky. It is added to the barley to promote germination, it is mixed with ground barley grist to create a mash and it is used to dilute most whisky before maturation and once again before bottling. Most distilleries use different water sources in the various steps. Most new-make malt whisky is diluted to about 63.5% before it is placed in casks to mature. These days, many distilleries are using distilled water for diluting whisky before it is casked as well as for diluting the whisky to bottling strength (40–46% Alcohol by Volume (ABV)) after maturation. Others, like Jura or Bruichladdich, use water from local burns or springs to dilute new-make before it is casked. Much new-make whisky is shipped in tanker trucks to central warehouses where local tap water is used to dilute it before casking, and again at bottling time. Since huge amounts of water are used during the process of whisky production, water supplies are a key factor for the location of any distillery.

Malting: Barley, yeast and water are the only ingredients required in the production of single malt Scotch. The barley used to make the whisky is "malted" by soaking the grain in water for 2–3 days and then allowing it to germinate to produce the necessary enzymes required to convert starch into fermentable sugars. Traditionally each distillery had its own malting floor where the germinating seeds were regularly turned. Most of the distilleries use commercial "maltsters" who prepare each distillery's malt to exact specifications, but the "pagoda roof" (many now false) which ventilated the malting floor can be seen at nearly every distillery. The germination is halted (by heating) after 3–5 days, before the starch begins to be converted into the fermentable sugars. The method for drying the germinated barley is by heating it with hot air produced by an oil, coal or even electric heat source. In most cases, some level of peat smoke is introduced to the kiln to add phenols, a smoky aroma and flavour to the whisky. Some of the more intensely smoky malts from Islay have phenol levels between 25 and 50 parts per million (ppm). The three smokiest/peatiest malts, in order of phenol concentration, are Ardbeg, Laphroaig (la-froyg) and Lagavulin (lagga-voolin), all from Islay. More subtle malts can have phenol levels of around 2–3 ppm.

Mashing: The malt is milled into a coarse flour (grist), and added to hot water to activate the enzymes which will convert starches to fermentable sugars. Long starch chains are broken into glucose, maltose, and maltriose, which yeast is able to ferment. The extraction is done in a large kettle (usually made of stainless steel) called a mash tun. At first, the hot water activates the enzymes by providing an optimal temperature for activity in the grist. The enzymes act on the starch to convert it into sugar, and producing a sugary liquid called wort.

Fermentation: Yeast is used to ferment malted barley in washbacks.Yeast is added to the wort in a large vessel (often tens of thousands of litres) called a washback. Washbacks are commonly made of Oregon Pine or stainless steel. The yeast feeds on the sugars and as a by-product produces both carbon dioxide and alcohol; this process is called fermentation and can take up to three days to complete. When complete, the liquid has an alcohol content of 5 to 7% by volume, and is now known as wash. Up until this point the process has been quite similar to the production of beer.

Distillation: The wash, 5%–7% alcohol, is distilled in copper pot stills, eventually boosting the alcohol content to 60%–80%. To start, the wash is pumped into a copper pot still, known as the wash still, to be distilled. The wash is heated, boiling off the alcohol, which has a lower boiling point than water; the vapour is collected in a condenser which has been submerged in cool water. The lower temperatures cause the vapour to condense back into a liquid form. This spirit, known as low wine, has an alcohol content of about 20 to 40%. The low wines are then pumped into a second pot still, known as the spirit still, and distilled a second, (and in the case of Lowlander, Auchentoshan, a third) time. The final spirit, called new make spirit, generally has an alcohol content of 60 to 80%. Much of the body, or mouth feel, of the final whisky is believed to come from the size and shape of the stills used in its production. When a still wears out and has to be replaced, or when a distillery decides to expand the number of stills it operates, precise measurements of the existing stills are taken to ensure the new stills are reproduced exactly like the old. There are urban legends (mostly untrue) of master distillers having dents placed in brand new stills so that they matched those in the old still. Another urban legend states that one distiller refuses to allow the cobwebs to be cleaned off his stills for fear of altering the whisky.

Maturation: The "new-make spirit", or unaged whisky, is then placed in oak casks to mature. By law, all Scotch whisky must be aged for a minimum of three years in oak casks in Scotland; though many single malts are matured for much longer. The whisky continues to develop and change as it spends time in the wood, and maturation periods of twenty years or more are not uncommon. Each year spent in the wood decreases the alcohol content of the whisky. The lost volume from evaporation is known as the angel's share. The selection of casks has a profound effect on the character of the final whisky. Single malt Scotch is too delicate to be aged in new oak casks, as new oak would overpower the whisky with tannin and vanillin, making it overly astringent. Thus used casks are needed. The most common source of casks is American whiskey producers, as U.S. laws require that bourbon and Tennessee whiskey be aged in new oak casks. Bourbon casks impart a characteristic vanilla flavour to the whisky. An important minority of whisky maturation occurs in sherry casks. This practice arose because sherry used to be shipped to Britain from Spain in the cask rather than having been bottled, and the casks were expensive to return empty and were unwanted by the sherry cellars. Sherry casks are more expensive than bourbon casks, and account for only seven percent of all casks imported for whisky maturation. In addition to imparting the flavours of their former contents, sherry casks lend maturing spirit a heavier body and a deep amber colour. For this reason, single malt Scotches that have been matured in sherry casks are especially prized by blenders, as they give a blend a roundness and richness. Stainless steel shipping containers, however, have reduced the supply of wooden sherry casks, to the extent that the Macallan Distillery builds casks and leases them to the sherry cellars in Spain for a time, then has them shipped back to Scotland. Other casks used include those that formerly held port wine and madeira, while experiments with used red wine, rum and cognac casks are being performed.

Bottling: To be called a single malt Scotch, a bottle may only contain whisky distilled from malted barley produced at a single distillery. If the bottle is the product of single malt whiskies produced at more than one distillery, the whisky is called a vatted malt, or a blended malt. If the single malt is mixed with grain whisky, the result is a blended Scotch whisky. Single malts can be bottled by the distillery that produced them or by an Independent Bottler. The age statement on a bottle of single malt Scotch is the age of the youngest malt in the mix, as commonly the whiskies of several years are mixed together in a vat to create a more consistent house style. On occasion the product of a single cask of whisky is bottled and released as a "Single Cask." While "cask-strength", or undiluted, whisky (often having an alcohol content as high as 60%) has recently become popular, the vast majority of whisky is diluted to its "bottling strength" — between 40% and 46% ABV — and bottled for sale. It should also be noted that for whisky, unlike wine, the maturation process does not continue in the bottle. Independent bottlers, such as Gordon & MacPhail, Murray McDavid, Signatory, Hart Brothers, and Cadenhead, buy casks of single malts and either bottle them immediately or store them for future use. Many of the independents began as stores and merchants who bought the whisky in bulk and bottled it for individual sales. Many distilleries do not bottle their whisky as a single malt, so independent bottlings are the only way the single malt gets to market. The bottling process is generally the same, but independents generally do not have access to the distillery's water source, so another source is used to dilute the whisky. Additionally, independents are generally less concerned with maintaining a particular style, so more single year and single cask bottlings are produced.

History

Distillation of whisky has been performed in Scotland for centuries. The earliest written record of whisky production in Scotland from malted barley is an entry on the 1494 Exchequer Rolls, which reads "Eight bolls of malt to Friar John Cor, by order of the King, wherewith to make aqua vitae." In the following centuries, the various governments of Scotland began taxing the production of whisky, to the point that most of the spirit was produced illegally. However, in 1823, Parliament passed an act making commercial distillation much more profitable, while imposing punishments on landowners when unlicensed distilleries were found on their properties. George Smith was the first person to take out a license for a distillery under the new law, founding the Glenlivet Distillery in 1824. In the 1830s, Aeneas Coffey refined a design originally created by Robert Stein for a continuous still which produced whisky much more efficiently than the traditional pot stills, but with much less flavour. Quickly, merchants began blending the malt whisky with the grain whisky distilled in the continuous stills, making the first blended Scotch whisky. The blended Scotch proved quite successful, less expensive to produce than malt with more flavour and character than grain. The combination allowed the single malt producers to expand their operations as the blended whisky was more popular on the international market. As of 2004, over 90% of the single malt Scotch produced is used to make blended Scotch. Most distilleries in Scotland are not owned by Scots. The Japanese beverage company Suntory owns Morrison-Bowmore, while other international companies, such as LVMH & Pernod-Ricard (France), and Diageo (England), own the majority of distilleries. The largest distiller to remain under Scottish ownership is William Grant & Sons, owned by the Grant family, with headquarters in Motherwell, Scotland. Other distilleries owned by Scottish companies/families are Glenfarclas, Bruichladdich, and Bunnahabhain.

Regions

 

 

Scotland was traditionally divided into four regions:  Highlands, Lowland, Islay and Campbeltown.  Speyside, which encompasses the Spey River valley in north-east Scotland, once considered part of the Highlands, has the most (51) of the total number of distilleries (132) in Scotland.  It is now considered a separate region.  Campbeltown was removed as a region several years ago, but was later re-instated as a recognized production region. The Island region was considered part of the Highlands, but have now been recognized as a separate region by the Scotch Whisky Association.  As shown on the map and the chart below, there are now six Scotch distillation regions.

 

 

 

Distilleries By Region (2022)

Speyside Highland Lowland Island Islay Campbeltown
1 Aberlour Aberfeldy Aberargie Abhainn Dearg Ardbeg Glengyle
2 Allt-A-Bhainne Arbikie Ailsa Bay Arran Ardnahoe Glen Scotia
3 Auchroisk Ardmore Annandale Barra Bowmore Springbank
4 Aultmore Ardnamurchan Auchentoshan Harris Bruichladdich
5 Ballindalloch Balblair Bladnoch Highland Park Bunnahabhain
6 Balmenach Ben Nevis Borders Jura Caol Ila
7 Balvenie Blair Athol Clydeside Kimbland Kilchoman
8 BenRiach Royal Brackla Daftmill Lagg Lagavulin
9 Benrinnes BrewDog Eden Mill Raasay Laphroaig
10 Benromach Brora Falkirk Scapa
11 Braeval Burn O'Bennie Glasgow Talisker
12 Cardhu Clynelish Glenkinchie Tobermory
13 Cragganmore Dalmore Holyrood Torabhaig
14 Craigellachie Deanston Inchdairnie
15 Dailuaine Dornoch Kingsbarns
16 Dalmunach Edradour Leven
17 Dalwhinnie Fettercairn Lindores Abbey
18 Dufftown Glencadam Lochlea
19 Glenallachie Glendronach
20 Glenburgie Glen Garioch
21 Glendullan Glenglassaugh
22 Glen Elgin Glengoyne
23 Glenfarclas Glenmorangie
24 Glenfiddich Glen Ord
25 Glen Grant Glenturret
26 Glen Keith GlenWyvis
27 Glenlivet Loch Lomond
28 Glenlossie Royal Lochnagar
29 Glen Moray Macduff
30 Glenrothes Nc'nean
31 Glen Spey Oban
32 Glentauchers Pulteney
33 Inchgower Persie
34 Kininvie Strathearn
35 Knockando Teaninich
36 Knockdhu Tomatin
37 Linkwood Tullibardine
38 Longmorn Wolfburn
39 Macallan
40 Mannochmore
41 Miltonduff
42 Mortlach
43 Roseisle
44 Speyburn
45 Speyside
46 Strathisla
47 Strathmill
48 Tamdhu
49 Tamnavulin
50 Tomintoul
51 Tormore
132 51 38 18 13 9 3

 

Distilleries By Region (2007)

 
Speyside
Highlands
Islay
Lowlands
Campbeltown
1 Aberlour Aberfeldy Ardbeg Auchentoshan Glengyle
2 Allt A'Bhainne anCnoc Bowmore Bladnoch Glen Scotia
3 Auchroisk Ardmore Bruichladdich Glenkinchie Springbank
4 Aultmore Arran (Island) Bunnahabhain
5 Balmenach Balblair Caol Ila
6 Balvenie, The Ben Nevis Kilchoman
7 Benriach Blair Athol Lagavulin
8 Benrinnes Clynelish Laphroaig
9 Benromach Dalmore
10 Braeval Dalwhinnie
11 Caperdonich Deanston
12 Cardhu Edradour
13 Cragganmore Fettercairn
14 Craigellachie Glencadam
15 Dailuaine Glendronach, The
16 Dufftown Glen Garioch
17 Glenallachie Glenglassaugh
18 Glenburgie Glengoyne
19 Glendullan Glenmorangie
20 Glen Elgin Glen Ord
21 Glenfarclas Glenturret
22 Glenfiddich Highland Park (Island)
23 Glen Grant Isle of Jura (Island)
24 Glen Keith Knockdhu
25 Glenlivet, The Loch Lomond
26 Glenlossie Macduff
27 Glen Moray Oban
28 Glenrothes Pulteney
29 Glen Spey Royal Brackla
30 Glentauchers Royal Lochnagar
31 Imperial Scapa (Island)
32 Inchgower Talisker (Island)
33 Kininvie Teaninich
34 Knockando Tobermory (Island)
35 Linkwood Tomatin
36 Lismore Tullibardine
37 Longmorn  
38 Macallan, The  
39 Mannochmore  
40 Miltonduff  
41 Mortlach  
42 Speyburn  
43 Speyside  
44 Strathisla  
45 Strathmill  
46 Tamdhu  
47 Tamnavulin-Glenlivet  
48 Tomintoul  
49 Tormore        

 

Distillery Location, Region, Owner and Pronunciation (if available)

Distillery
Location
Region
Owner
Audio
Aberargie Aberargie Lowland Perth Distilling Co
Aberfeldy Aberfeldy Highland Bacardi
Aberlour Aberlour Speyside Pernod Ricard
Abhainn Dearg Uig, Isle of Lewis Island Independent
Ailsa Bay Girvan Lowland William Grant & Sons
Allt-A-Bhainne Glenrinnes Speyside Pernod Ricard
Annandale Annan Lowland Annandale Distillery Company
Arbikie Inverkeilor Highland Independent
Ardbeg Port Ellen Islay LVMH
Ardmore Kennethmont Highland Beam Suntory
Ardnahoe Port Askaig Islay Hunter Laing & Co Ltd
Ardnamurchan Ardnamurchan Highland Adelphi Whisky
Arran Lochranza Island Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd.
Auchentoshan Dalmuir Lowland Beam Suntory˙(Morrison Bowmore)
Auchroisk Mulben Speyside Diageo
Aultmore Banffshire Speyside Bacardi
Balblair Edderton Highland ThaiBev
Ballindalloch Ballindalloch Speyside Independent
Balmenach Cromdale Speyside ThaiBev
Balvenie Dufftown Speyside William Grant & Sons
Barra Borve Island Uisge Beatha nan Eilean Ltd
Ben Nevis Fort William Highland Nikka Whisky Distilling Co Ltd
BenRiach Morayshire Speyside Brown-Forman
Benrinnes Banffshire Speyside Diageo
Benromach Forres Speyside Gordon & MacPhail
Bladnoch Wigtown Lowland David Prior
Blair Athol Pitlochry Highland Diageo
Borders Hawick Lowland The Three Stills Company
Bowmore Bowmore Islay Beam Suntory˙(Morrison Bowmore)
Royal Brackla Nairn Highland Bacardi
Braeval Ballindalloch Speyside Pernod Ricard
BrewDog Ellon Highland Independent
Brora Brora Highland Diageo
Bruichladdich Rhinns of Islay Islay R‚my Cointreau
Bunnahabhain Port Askaig Islay Distell˙(Burn Stewart)
Burn O'Bennie Banchory Highland Deeside Brewery & Distillery Ltd.
Caol Ila Port Askaig Islay Diageo
Cardhu Knockando Speyside Diageo
Clydeside Glasgow Lowland Morrison Glasgow Distillers
Clynelish Brora Highland Diageo
Cragganmore Ballindalloch Speyside Diageo
Craigellachie Craigellachie Speyside Bacardi
Daftmill Fife Lowland Independent
Dailuaine Aberlour Speyside Diageo
Dalmore Alness Highland Alliance Global Group˙(Emperador Inc)
Dalmunach Carron Speyside Pernod Ricard
Dalwhinnie Dalwhinnie Speyside Diageo
Deanston Doune Highland Distell˙(Burn Stewart)
Dornoch Dornoch Highland Independent
Dufftown Banffshire Speyside Diageo
Eden Mill Fife Lowland Independent
Edradour Pitlochry Highland Signatory Vintage Scotch Whisky Co
Falkirk Falkirk Lowland Independent
Fettercairn Fettercairn Highland Alliance Global Group˙(Emperador Inc)
Glasgow Glasgow Lowland Independent
Glenallachie Banffshire Speyside The GlenAllachie Distillers Co Limited
Glenburgie Morayshire Speyside Pernod Ricard
Glencadam Angus Highland Angus Dundee Distiller
Glendronach Aberdeenshire Highland Brown-Forman
Glendullan Banffshire Speyside Diageo
Glen Elgin Morayshire Speyside Diageo
Glenfarclas Ballindalloch Speyside J. & G. Grant
Glenfiddich Dufftown Speyside William Grant & Sons
Glen Garioch Oldmeldrum Highland Beam Suntory˙(Morrison Bowmore)
Glenglassaugh Portsoy Highland Brown-Forman
Glengoyne Dumgoyne Highland Ian Macleod Distillers
Glen Grant Rothes Speyside Campari
Glengyle Campbeltown Campbeltown Mitchell's Glengyle Ltd
Glen Keith Keith Speyside Pernod Ricard
Glenkinchie Pencaitland Lowland Diageo
Glenlivet Ballindalloch Speyside Pernod Ricard
Glenlossie Elgin Speyside Diageo
Glenmorangie Tain Highland LVMH
Glen Moray Elgin Speyside La Martiniquaise
Glen Ord Muir of Ord Highland Diageo
Glenrothes Rothes Speyside Edrington
Glen Scotia Campbeltown Campbeltown Loch Lomond Group
Glen Spey Rothes Speyside Diageo
Glentauchers Mulben Speyside Pernod Ricard
Glenturret Crieff Highland Lalique Group
GlenWyvis Dingwall Highland Independent (community ownership)
Harris Tarbert Island Independent
Highland Park Kirkwall Island Edrington
Holyrood Edinburgh Lowland Independent
Inchdairnie Glenrothes Lowland Independent
Inchgower Buckie Speyside Diageo
Jura Craighouse, Jura Island Alliance Global Group˙(Whyte & Mackay)
Kilchoman Kilchoman Islay Independent
Kimbland Sanday Island Independent
Kingsbarns Kingsbarns Lowland Wemyss Malts
Kininvie Dufftown Speyside William Grant & Sons
Knockando Knockando Speyside Diageo
Knockdhu Knock Speyside ThaiBev
Lagg Lagg Island Isle of Arran Distillers Ltd.
Lagavulin Port Ellen Islay Diageo
Laphroaig Port Ellen Islay Beam Suntory
Leven Leven Lowland Diageo
Lindores Abbey Newburgh Lowland Independent
Linkwood Elgin Speyside Diageo
Lochlea Ayrshire Lowland Independent
Loch Lomond Alexandria Highland Loch Lomond Group
Royal Lochnagar Ballater Highland Diageo
Longmorn Elgin Speyside Pernod Ricard
Macallan Craigellachie Speyside Edrington
Macduff Banff Highland Bacardi
Mannochmore Elgin Speyside Diageo
Miltonduff Elgin Speyside Pernod Ricard
Mortlach Dufftown Speyside Diageo
Nc'nean Lochlaline Highland Drimnin Distillery Co
Oban Oban Highland Diageo
Pulteney Wick Highland ThaiBev
Persie Glen Shee Highland Independent
Raasay Isle of Raasay Island R&B Distillers
Roseisle Roseisle Speyside Diageo
Scapa Kirkwall Island Pernod Ricard
Speyburn Rothes Speyside ThaiBev
Speyside Drumguish Speyside Independent
Springbank Campbeltown Campbeltown J & A Mitchell & Co Ltd.
Strathearn Methven Highland Douglas Laing & Co.
Strathisla Keith Speyside Pernod Ricard
Strathmill Keith Speyside Diageo
Talisker Carbost, Isle of Skye Island Diageo
Tamdhu Knockando Speyside Ian Macleod Distillers
Tamnavulin Tomnavoulin Speyside Alliance Global Group˙(Whyte & Mackay)
Teaninich Alness Highland Diageo
Tobermory Tobermory, Isle of Mull Island Distell˙(Burn Stewart)
Tomatin Tomatin Highland Takara Shuzo Co
Tomintoul Ballindalloch Speyside Angus Dundee Distiller
Torabhaig Teangue, Isle of Skye Island Mossburn Distillers
Tormore Grantown-on-Spey Speyside Pernod Ricard
Tullibardine Blackford Highland Picard Vins & Spiritueux
Wolfburn Thurso Highland Independent

*Audio files from http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/pronounc.html

A basic recipe for single malt scotch can found at the Bruichladdich website:

 

What you will need:

1 Mill

1 Large Tank – ‘Mash Tun’

4 Fermentation vats

4 Stills – 2 Wash 2 Spirit

1 Spirit Safe

1 Boiler

Assortment Vats, piping, and other implements - to taste

Ingredients: (To make the "beer")

Grain - barley, malted. Or maize/corn/rye will do)

Water (plenty of)

Yeast (Distiller’s)

Method:

Collect barley, allow to germinate, then smoke it. Grind the now malted barley, to obtain flour, soak the flour in the tank add hot water on top to remove the sugar. Put the sugary water into fermentation vats, add yeast. Allow to ferment for 3 days.

Put fermented beer (5% vol.) into copper stills. Cook for 5 hours. Collect re-condensed vapour (at 30% vol.), and put aside.

Repeat the process in the smaller still, this time collecting re-condensed vapour after 3 hours at 70% vol, discarding the poor quality and weaker spirit, and the gunk that is left.

Put the 70% spirit into oak casks and put aside and leave for a decade or more.